Leyvachelys cipadi Cadena 2015 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Sandownidae

Full reference: E. Cadena. 2015. The first South American sandownid turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia. PeerJ 3:e1431:1-24

Belongs to Leyvachelys according to E. Cadena 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FCG-CBP-71, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Loma La Catalina - middle Paja, which is in a Barremian/Aptian marine limestone in the Paja Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Colombia (1 collection), United States (4: Texas)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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