Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

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Etymology. In honour to our missing Jean-Claude Rage friend, who studied fossils from the neighbouring Ibeceten area, and , turtle (fem.) in greek.

Full reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin, L. Chirio, and R. Bour. 2020. The oldest erymnochelyine turtle skull, Ragechelus sahelica n. gen., n. sp., from the Iullemmeden basin, Upper Cretaceous of Africa, and the associated fauna in its geographical and geological context. Geodiversitas 42(25):455-484

Parent taxon: Erymnochelyinae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Andrewsemys, Caninemys, Eocenochelus, Erymnochelyini, Neochelys, Stupendemys

Subtaxa: Ragechelus sahelica

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Type: Ragechelus sahelica

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Near Indamane village (Cretaceous of Niger)

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