Sandownia Meylan et al. 2000 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Sandownidae

Full reference: P. A. Meylan, R. T. J. Moody, C. A. Walker and S. D. Chapman. 2000. Sandownia harrisi, a highly derived trionychoid turtle (Testudines: Cryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):522-532

Parent taxon: Sandownidae according to H. Tong and P. Meylan 2013

See also Joyce 2007, Joyce et al. 2004, Mateus et al. 2009 and Meylan et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Angolachelys, Brachyopsemys, Leyvachelys

Subtaxa: Sandownia harrisi

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Type: Sandownia harrisi

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at SW Isle of Wight, Lower Lobster Beds (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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