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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