Kenyemys williamsi Wood 1983 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Full reference: R. C. Wood. 1983. Kenyemys williamsi, a fossil pelomedusid turtle from the Pliocene of Kenya. Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams 74-85

Belongs to Kenyemys according to Wood 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KNM LT 127, a partial skeleton (shell). Its type locality is Lothagam 1, which is in a Messinian/Piacenzian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Lothagam 1 Formation of Kenya.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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