Forachelys Bourque 2022 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Generic epithet is combination of Latin foras for outside, and Greek chelys for freshwater turtle. Multiple derivations of foras are applicable to this taxon, such as Medieval Latin foresta for forest referring to paleohabitat; Latin foris for door or gate referring to the movable plastral hindlobe; and Vulgar Latin foranus for foreign, outsider, or outlander referring to the occurrence of a European turtle group at the southernmost tip of North America

Full reference: J. R. Bourque. 2022. A ptychogastrine (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from the early Miocene of Panama and a review of Miocene testudinoids from Central America. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 59(2):16-44

Parent taxon: Ptychogastrini according to J. R. Bourque 2022

Sister taxa: Hummelemys, Merovemys

Subtaxa: Forachelys woodi

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Type: Forachelys woodi

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at El Lirio Norte (Miocene of Panama)

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