†Lemurchelys diasphax Gaffney et al. 2011 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, P. A. Meylan, R. C. Wood, E. Simons, and D. De Almeida Campos. 2011. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae. American Museum Novitates 350:1-237
Belongs to Lemurchelys according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi Moghra MGL-16, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Moghara Formation of Egypt
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wadi Moghra MGL-16
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