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Rupelchelys breitkreutzi

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Rupelchelys breitkreutzi was named by Karl and Tichy (1999). Its type specimen is SMNS 9618, a partial skeleton (carapace fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Neumühle bei Weinheim, which is in a Rupelian marine sandstone in Germany. It is the type species of Rupelchelys.