†Latisternon microsulcae Auffenberg 1981 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Full reference: W. Auffenberg. 1981. The Fossil Turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981(3):509-522
Belongs to Latisternon according to W. Auffenberg 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Kenya National Museum F3532, a partial shell (left epiplastron). Its type locality is DKI II/7, which is in a Gelasian lacustrine horizon in the Olduvai Formation of Tanzania.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at DKI II/7
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