Pappochelys rosinae Schoch and Sues 2015 (reptile)

Reptilia - Pantestudines

Full reference: R. R. Schoch and H.-D. Sues. 2015. A Middle Triassic stem-turtle and the evolution of the turtle body plan. Nature

Belongs to Pappochelys according to R. R. Schoch and H.-D. Sues 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 91360, a partial skeleton (incomplete skeleton with incomplete skull). Its type locality is Vellberg-Eschenau, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay claystone in the Erfurt Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Vellberg-Eschenau

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