Ptychogaster ronheimensis Groessens-Van Dyck and Schleich 1985 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Full reference: M.-C. Groessens-Van Dyck and H. H. Schleich. 1985. Nouveaux matériels de reptiles du Tertiaire d'Allemagne; 4, Nouveaux matériels des Tortues (Ptychogaster/Ergilemys) de la localité Oligocène moyen de Ronheim (Sud de l'Allemagne). [New finds of Tertiary Reptilia in West Germany; New turtles (Ptychogaster/Ergilemys) of the middle Oligocene in Ronheim, southern Germany.]. Muenchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A: Geologie und Palaeontologie, Munich 4:17-66

Belongs to Ptychogaster according to M.-C. Groessens-Van Dyck and H. H. Schleich 1985

Sister taxa: Ptychogaster (Temnoclemmys), Ptychogaster bardenensis, Ptychogaster batalleri, Ptychogaster cayluxensis, Ptychogaster emydoides, Ptychogaster kinkelini, Ptychogaster pomeli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ronheim, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine siliciclastic in Germany

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Spain (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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