Brodiechelys royoi Pérez-García et al. 2014 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García, J. M. Gasulla, and F. Ortega. 2014. A new species of Brodiechelys (Testudines, Pan-Cryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: Systematic and palaeobiogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(2):333-342

Belongs to Brodiechelys according to A. Pérez-García 2017

See also Pérez-García et al. 2014 and Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013

Sister taxon: Brodiechelys brodiei

Type specimen: CMP-3b/181, a carapace (Partial shell). Its type locality is Brighstone Bay sauropod, which is in a Hauterivian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Cantera del Mas de la Parreta 1

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