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Oertelia gigantea

Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae

Discussion

Holotype: lost skull remains described and figured by Oertel (1914); lectotype: trunk vertebra GZG V 5000

Taxonomy
Toxochelys gigantea was named by Oertel (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Oertelia.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Nicholls (1988); it was recombined as Oertelia gigantea by Karl et al. (2012).