Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combination: Emys mellingi
Full reference: K. Peters. 1868. Zur Kenntnis der Wirbelthiere aus den Miocenschichten von Eibiswald in Steiermark. I. Die Schildkrötenreste. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe 57:72-74
Belongs to Paleotestudo according to F. Lapparent de Broin et al. 2006
See also Peters 1868
Sister taxa: Cheirogaster arrahonensis, Paleotestudo antiqua, Paleotestudo canetotiana, Paralichelys catalaunicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vordersdorf, which is in a Langhian mire/swamp coal in the Eibiswald Formation of Austria
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Vordersdorf
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