Reptilia - Testudines

Alternative combinations: Palaeochelys vallisnerii, Paralichelys vallisnerii

Synonym: Paralichelys complanata Bergounioux 1954

Full reference: F. M. Bergounioux. 1954. Les chéloniens fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Vénétie. Memorie degli Istituti di geologia e mineralogia dell’Universita di Padova 18:1-115

Belongs to Bergouniouxchelys according to S. Hervet 2004

See also Bergounioux 1954

Sister taxa: Anthracochelys, Anthracochelys vallisnerii, Cyclochelys, Cyclochelys complanata, Cyclochelys perexpansa

Type specimens:

• Bergouniouxchelys vallisnerii: IGPG Monteviale n° 1, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Ligniti di Monteviale, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine lignite in Italy.
• Paralichelys complanata:

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ligniti di Monteviale

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.