Neochelys mengaudi Bergounioux 1935 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Not original genus placement

Full reference: F. M. Bergounioux. 1935. Contribution a l'étude paléontologique des chéloniens: chéloniens fossiles du bassin d'Aquitaine. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 25:1-214

Belongs to Neochelys according to F. Lapparent de Broin 2003

Sister taxa: Neochelys arenarum, Neochelys bolcensis, Neochelys capellinii, Neochelys eocaenica, Neochelys franzeni, Neochelys laurenti, Neochelys liriae, Neochelys nicolisii, Neochelys salmanticensis, Neochelys zamorensis, Polysternum mengaudi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Castrais, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Neochelys mengaudi in the database

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