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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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