Eocenochelus farresi Pérez-García et al. 2017 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García, F. de Lapparent de Broin, and X. Murelaga. 2017. The Erymnochelys group of turtles (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) in the Eocene of Europe: New taxa and paleobiogeographical implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.1.14A:1-28

Belongs to Eocenochelus according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2018

See also Pérez-García 2017 and Pérez-García et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Eocenochelus eremberti, Eocenochelus lacombianus

Type specimen: MGSB 74.641-GLV.T.45, a partial skeleton (carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Can Beuloví , which is in a Priabonian marine limestone/sandstone in the Sant Martí Xic Formation of Spain.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Can Beuloví

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