Alternative combination: Palaeochelys mlynarskii
Full reference: S. Hervet and F. de Broin. 2000. Palaeochelys mlynarskii n. sp., de l’Oligocène supérieur de Rott (Allemagne), et redescription de l’espèce type P. bussenensis Meyer, 1847. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science 331(8):563-569
Belongs to Palaeomauremys according to S. Hervet 2004
See also Böhme 2008 and Hervet and de Broin 2000
Sister taxon: Palaeomauremys tuberculata
Type specimen: GPIPo de Broin N1, a shell (nearly complete dorsal shell). Its type locality is Rott, which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - small shale in Germany.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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