Eotaphrosphys Pérez-García 2018 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García. 2018. New genera of Taphrosphyina (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) for the French Maastrichtian ‘Tretosternum’ ambiguum and the Peruvian Ypresian ‘Podocnemis’ olssoni. Historical Biology

Parent taxon: Taphrosphyina according to A. Pérez-García 2018

Sister taxa: Acleistochelys, Motelomama

Subtaxa: Eotaphrosphys ambiguum

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Type: Tretosternum ambiguum

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mont-Aimé (Cretaceous of France)

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