Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Etymology. The eponym meylani is created in honor of Peter A. Meylan, an eminent turtle paleontologist who provided foundational studies on trionychian anatomy, systematics, and phylogeny
Full reference: Y. Rollot, M. K. AbdelGawad, M. A. Hamdan, A. N. El-Barkooky, S. M. Hassan and W. G. Joyce. 2025. Trionychian turtles from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) Moghra Formation, Egypt, including a new species of Carettochelyidae. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 144(30):1-37
Belongs to Allaeochelys according to Y. Rollot et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Allaeochelys crassesculpta, Allaeochelys delheidi, Allaeochelys libyca, Allaeochelys lingnanica, Allaeochelys magnifica, Allaeochelys parayrei, Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis
Type specimen: DPC 7742, a partial skull. Its type locality is Wadi Moghra MGL-23, which is in a Burdigalian estuary/bay siliciclastic in the Moghara Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Egypt (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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