Reptilia - Testudines - Sandownidae
Full reference: P. A. Meylan, R. T. J. Moody, C. A. Walker and S. D. Chapman. 2000. Sandownia harrisi, a highly derived trionychoid turtle (Testudines: Cryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):522-532
Belongs to Sandownia according to P. A. Meylan et al. 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MIWG 3480; (cast BMNH R 8990), a skull (almost complete skull and lower jaw). Its type locality is SW Isle of Wight, Lower Lobster Beds, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Atherfield Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at SW Isle of Wight, Lower Lobster Beds
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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