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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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