Allaeochelys lingnanica Young and Chow 1962 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae

Alternative combination: Anosteira lingnanica

Full reference: C.-C. Young and M. Chow. 1962. Some reptilian fossils from the "Red Beds" of Kwangtung and Chekiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 6(2):130-135

Belongs to Allaeochelys according to W. G. Joyce 2014

See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Broin 1977 and Young and Chow 1962

Sister taxa: Allaeochelys crassesculpta, Allaeochelys delheidi, Allaeochelys libyca, Allaeochelys magnifica, Allaeochelys parayrei, Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis

Type specimen: IVPP V.1044.1, a shell. Its type locality is WuchinyĆ¼, Nanxiong, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial sandstone in China.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at WuchinyĆ¼, Nanxiong

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