Turkanemys pattersoni Wood 2003 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Full reference: R. C. Wood. 2003. Fossil turtles from Lothagam. Lothagam: the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa 115-136

Belongs to Turkanemys according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2011

See also Wood 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KNM-LT 569, a shell

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Kenya (3 collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (2)

• Miocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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