Allaeochelys crassesculpta Harrassowitz 1922 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae

Alternative combination: Anosteira crassesculpta

Synonym: Anosteira gracilis Harrassowitz 1922

Full reference: H. Harrassowitz. 1922. Die Schildkrötengattung Anosteira von Messel bei Darmstadt und ihre stammesgeschichtliche Bedeutung. Abhandlungen der Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 6:132-239

Belongs to Allaeochelys according to W. G. Joyce 2014

See also Broin 1977 and Harrassowitz 1922

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

Type specimens:

  • Allaeochelys crassesculpta: HLMD 1461, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
  • Anosteira gracilis: Its type locality is Messel, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine shale in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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