†Turkanemys pattersoni Wood 2003 (sideneck turtle)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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