Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Alternative combination: Chelydrasia apellanizi
Full reference: X. Murelaga, F. Lapparent de Broin, X. Pereda Xuberbiola and H. Astibia. 1999. Two new chelonian species from the Lower Miocene of the Ebro Basin (Bardenas Reales of Navarre). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Series IIA Earth and Planetary Science 328(6):423-429
Belongs to Chelydropsis according to A. Pérez-García 2017
See also Hutchison 2008, Joyce 2016 and Murelaga et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Chelydropsis aubasi, Chelydropsis decheni, Chelydropsis kusnetzovi, Chelydropsis manuascensis, Chelydropsis murchisoni, Chelydropsis pontica, Chelydropsis sansaniensis
Type specimen: BF-58, a set of postcrania (Left hyoplastron). Its type locality is Bardenas Reales Barranco del Fraile 1 (BF1), which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian mire/swamp marl in the Tudela Formation of Spain.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (17 collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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