Latisternon microsulcae Auffenberg 1981 (sideneck turtle)

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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