Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Full reference: I. G. Danilov, N. S. Vitek, A. O. Averianov and V. N. Glinskiy. 2015. A new soft-shelled trionychid turtle of the genus Khunnuchelys from the Upper Cretaceous Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(1):155-161
Belongs to Khunnuchelys according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Danilov et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Khunnuchelys erinhotensis, Khunnuchelys kizylkumensis
Type specimen: ZIN PH 5/55, a partial skull. Its type locality is Baibishe I, BAI-3k, which is in a Santonian/Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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