Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Full reference: M. S. de la Fuente. 2003. Two new pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 77(3):559-575
Belongs to Prochelidella according to I. J. Maniel and M. S. de la Fuente 2016
See also de la Fuente 2003 and de la Fuente et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Prochelidella argentinae, Prochelidella buitreraensis, Prochelidella cerrobarcinae, Prochelidella palomoi
Type specimen: MCF-PVPH- 161, a set of postcrania (Anterior margin of the carapace and nearly complete plastron, left atlantal arch, and other five cervical vertebrae (third or fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and ). Its type locality is Sierra del Portezuelo (non-specified), which is in a Turonian/Coniacian terrestrial horizon in the Portezuelo Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution: found only at Sierra del Portezuelo (non-specified)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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