Neochelys laurenti Tong 1998 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Alternative combination: Papoulemys laurenti

Full reference: H. Tong. 1998. Pleurodiran turtles from the Eocene of Saint Papoul (Aude), southern France. Oryctos 1:43-53

Belongs to Neochelys according to A. Pérez-García and F. Lapparent de Broin 2015

See also Lapparent de Broin 2003, Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2013 and Tong 1998

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

Type specimen: n. T12, a skull. Its type locality is Saint-Papoul, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Saint-Papoul Formation of France.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saint-Papoul

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