Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B201BDDE-1F71-49D9-8904-0D68D9595834 Etymology. From Sahel, geographical area of discovery.

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

Belongs to Ragechelus according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN.RA.2018.0078, a skull. Its type locality is Near Indamane village, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal gypsum in the Farin-Doutchi Formation of Niger.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Near Indamane village

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