†Anosteira mongoliensis Gilmore 1931 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Synonym: Anosteira shantungensis Cheng 1961
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1931. Fossil turtles of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59:213-257
Belongs to Anosteira according to W. G. Joyce 2014
See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Cheng 1961, Gilmore 1931 and Yeh 1963
Sister taxa: Anosteira manchuriana, Anosteira maomingensis, Anosteira ornata, Anosteira pulchra, Anosteira shuvalovi, Anostira radulina
Type specimens:
- Anosteira mongoliensis: AMNH 6666, a partial shell (articulated hyoplastron, hypoplastron and xiphiplastron, attached to portions of the carapace rim of both sides). Its type locality is Chimney Butte, North Mesa, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Ulan Shireh Formation of Mongolia.
- Anosteira shantungensis: CAGS-IG Vr 32, a partial skeleton (Skull and partial carapace). Its type locality is Linqu turtle locality, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Niushan Formation of China.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (2 collections), Mongolia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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