Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

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Full reference: G. Carbot-Chanona, E. Jiménez-Hidalgo, J. A. Díaz-Cruz, G. Rivera-Velázquez, and V. H. Reynoso. 2022. A new large tortoise from the early Oligocene (Arikareean NALMA) of Oaxaca, southern Mexico and its phylogenetic position within Pan-Testudinidae. Historical Biology 1-14

Belongs to Stylemys according to G. Carbot-Chanona et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Stylemys bottii, Stylemys capax, Stylemys frizaciana, Stylemys inusitata, Stylemys karakolensis, Stylemys nebrascensis, Stylemys oregonensis, Stylemys pygmea, Testudo niobrarensis

Type specimen: UMPE 443, a partial shell (an almost complete carapace with a relatively good preservation and a poorly preserved plastron). Its type locality is Santiago Yolomécatl, Iniyoo Local Fauna, which is in a Bartonian/Rupelian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/chert in the Yolomécatl Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Santiago Yolomécatl, Iniyoo Local Fauna

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.