Galvechelone lopezmartinezae Pérez-García and Murelaga 2012 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga. 2012. Galvechelone lopezmartinezae gen. et sp. nov. a new cryptodiran turtle in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe. Palaeontology 55(5):937-944

Belongs to Galvechelone according to A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPG⁄ CR(m3), a partial shell (articulated antero-medial area of a caparace, retaining the complete first three dorsal vertebrae and the anterior half of the fourth and the dorsal half of the). Its type locality is Cerrada Roya (CRH), which is in a Barremian channel mudstone/sandstone in the Camarillas Formation of Spain.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerrada Roya (CRH)

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