Chrysemys sculptata de Stefano 1902 (painted turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Full reference: G. de Stefano. 1902. Cheloniani fossili cenozoici. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 21:263-304

Belongs to Chrysemys according to G. de Stefano 1902

Sister taxa: Chrysemys (Pseudemys), Chrysemys corniculata, Chrysemys dorsalis, Chrysemys index, Chrysemys isoni, Chrysemys lachati, Chrysemys lavrovi, Chrysemys picta, Chrysemys platymarginata, Chrysemys timida

Type specimen: Its type locality is Warden Point (Bowerbank collection), which is in a Ypresian marine siliciclastic in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Warden Point (Bowerbank collection)

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