Reptilia - Testudinata - Pleurosternidae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García, E. Espílez, L. Mampel and L. Alcalá. 2015. A new European Albian turtle that extends the known stratigraphic range of the Pleurosternidae (Paracryptodira). Cretaceous Research 55:74-83

Belongs to Toremys according to W. G. Joyce and J. Anquetin 2019

See also Pérez-García et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AR-1-4893, a set of postcrania (Nearly complete and articulated shell, and some appendicular elements). Its type locality is Santa Maria Mine, Ariño (AR-1), which is in an Albian mire/swamp coal/mudstone in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Santa Maria Mine, Ariño (AR-1)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.