Ptychogaster cayluxensis Lydekker 1889 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239

Belongs to Ptychogaster according to A. Pérez-García 2017

See also Lydekker 1889

Sister taxa: Ptychogaster (Temnoclemmys), Ptychogaster bardenensis, Ptychogaster batalleri, Ptychogaster emydoides, Ptychogaster kinkelini, Ptychogaster pomeli, Ptychogaster ronheimensis

Type specimen: BMNH R1302, a partial shell (anterior extremity of a plastron). Its type locality is Bach, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial horizon in the Phosphorites du Quercy Formation of France.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections)

• Eocene of France (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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