Anosteira manchuriana Zangerl 1947 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae

Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1947. A new anosteirine turtle from Manchuria. Fieldiana Geology 10(3):13-21

Belongs to Anosteira according to W. G. Joyce 2014

See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Yeh 1963 and Zangerl 1947

Sister taxa: Anosteira maomingensis, Anosteira mongoliensis, Anosteira ornata, Anosteira pulchra, Anosteira shuvalovi, Anostira radulina

Type specimen: FMNH P15102, a partial skeleton (partial carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Fushun coal mine, Manchuria, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial amber in the Jijuntun Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Fushun coal mine, Manchuria

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