†Akrochelys Bergounioux 1935 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Full reference: F. M. Bergounioux. 1935. Contribution a l'étude paléontologique des chéloniens: chéloniens fossiles du bassin d'Aquitaine. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 25:1-214
Parent taxon: Carettochelyidae according to R. L. Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Allaeochelyinae, Anosteira, Anosteira radulina, Anosteirinae, Apholidemys granosa, Apholidemys sublaevis, Carettochelyinae, Carettochelys, Chorlakkichelys, Chorlakkichelys shahi, Kizylkumemys, Pseudoanosteira
Subtaxa: Akrochelys neuvillei
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cars (Eocene of France)
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