Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Alternative combination: Pleurosternon provinciale
Synonym: Elochelys major Nopsca 1931
Full reference: P. Matheron. 1869. Notice sur les reptiles fossiles des dépôts fluvio-lacustres crétacés du bassin à lignite de Fuveau [Notice on the fossil reptiles from the Cretaceous fluvio-lacustrine deposits of the lignitic Fuveau Basin]. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts de Marseille 1868–1869:345-379
Belongs to Polysternon according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006
See also Matheron 1869, Matheron 1869, Rabi et al. 2012 and Tong and Gaffney 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Polysternon provinciale: MHNM 1982-853, a partial shell (anterior portion of carapace). Its type locality is Grande Mène lignite seam, Fuveau, which is in a Campanian terrestrial lignite in France.
- Elochelys major: MHNM1982-857, a partial shell (internal cast showing the plastron with pubic and ischiac scars). Its type locality is Valdonne lignite mine, Fuveau, which is in a Campanian terrestrial lignite in France.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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