†Pelomedusa senutpickfordina de Lapparent de Broin 2008 (African helmeted turtle)
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Etymology of the species: in honour to Brigitte Senut and Martin Pickford.
Full reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin. 2008. Miocene Chelonians from South-western Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20:107-145
Belongs to Pelomedusa according to F. de Lapparent de Broin 2008
Sister taxon: Pelomedusa subrufa
Type specimen: MSGN, LT Z’98 (1 to 29), a partial skeleton (partial dorsal carapace and plastron with a centrum of cervical vertebra and a partial right ilium, male.). Its type locality is Langental, which is in a Miocene terrestrial marl in Namibia.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Langental
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