†Chelonia girundica Delfortrie 1869 (green sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: E. Delfortrie. 1869. Les chéloniens du Miocène supérieur de la Gironde. Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux 27:399-440
Belongs to Chelonia according to E. Delfortrie 1869
Sister taxa: Chelonia castanea, Chelonia cuvieri, Chelonia gwinneri, Chelonia harvicensis, Chelonia hoffmanni, Chelonia hofmanni, Chelonia mydas, Chelonia oligocena, Chelonia parvitecta, Euchelys macropus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Leognan, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in France
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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