Laurasichersis relicta Pérez-García 2020 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Sichuanchelyidae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García. 2020. Surviving the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event: A terrestrial stem turtle in the Cenozoic of Laurasia. Scientific Reports 10:1489

Belongs to Laurasichersis according to A. Pérez-García 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN.F BR13513, a partial shell (partial anterior plastral lobe, including the articulated right epiplastral elements, entoplastron, and anterior regions of both hyoplastra). Its type locality is Mont Berru, which is in a Thanetian fluvial conglomerate in the Sables de Bracheux Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Paleocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.