Turgaiscapha kushmurunica Averianov 2002 (leatherback)

Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae

Full reference: A. O. Averianov. 2002. Review of Mesozoic and Cenozoic sea turtles from the former USSR. Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2):137-154

Belongs to Turgaiscapha according to A. O. Averianov 2002

See also Hirayama 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZISP PH 137. Its type locality is Priozernyi quarry, Kushmurun, which is in a Campanian coastal siltstone in the Eginsai Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore

Distribution: found only at Priozernyi quarry, Kushmurun

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