Abalakemys chapmanae Pérez-García 2023 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García. 2023. The Ornamented Shell of a New Bothremydid Turtle from the Uppermost Cretaceous of Niger. Diversity 15:375:1-10

Belongs to Abalakemys according to A. Pérez-García 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK R37356, a partial shell (almost complete and articulated shell). Its type locality is Near Indamane village, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal gypsum in the Farin-Doutchi Formation of Niger.

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Near Indamane village

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