Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: H. Tong and R. Hirayama. 2002. A new species of Tasbacka (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Paleocene of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2002(5):277-294
Belongs to Tasbacka according to H. Tong and R. Hirayama 2002
Sister taxa: Tasbacka aldabergeni, Tasbacka danica, Tasbacka ruhoffi, Tasbacka salisburgensis
Type specimen: AMNH 30033, a skull (Complete skull). Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, which is in a Danian marine phosphorite in the Couche 2 Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4
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