Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Etymology: From chelys, turtle in Latin. Species: in honor to our friend and colleague Jean-Claude Rage.
The final repository of the fossil material reported here is the Centre for Pure and Applied Geology (CPAG), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan. High-resolution casts are housed at the Musum national dHistoire naturelle, Paris.
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EC548A31-BD5A-478D-83D7-266EE85C9186
Full reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin, G. Metais, A. Bartolini, I. A. Brohi, R. A. Lashari, L. Marivaux, D. Merle, M. A. Warar, and S. H. Solangi. 2021. First report of a bothremydid turtle, Sindhochelys ragei n. gen., n. sp., from the early Paleocene of Pakistan, systematic and palaeobiogeographic implications. Geodiversitas 43(25):1341-1363
Belongs to Sindhochelys according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CPAG-RANKT-V-3, a shell. Its type locality is Laki Range - K18-12, which is in a Danian coastal sandstone in the Khadro Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Laki Range - K18-12
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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