Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Alternative combination: Osteopygis salisburgensis
Full reference: H.-V. Karl. 1996. Einige Bemerkungen über die fossilen Schildkröten (Reptilia, Testudines) des Bundeslandes Salzburg, Österreich [Some remarks on the fossil turtles (Reptilia, Testudines) from the federal country of Salzburg, Austria]. Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde 136:389-426
Belongs to Tasbacka according to H.-V. Karl and H. Madsen 2012
See also Karl 1996, Karl and Tichy 2019 and Lynch and Parham 2003
Sister taxa: Tasbacka aldabergeni, Tasbacka danica, Tasbacka ouledabdounensis, Tasbacka ruhoffi
Type specimen: HNS Nr. 3/1976. Its type locality is Haunsberg near St. Pankraz, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Roterzschicht Formation of Austria.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Austria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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