Palaeochersis talampayensis Rougier et al. 1995 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: G. W. Rougier, M. S. de la Fuente, and A. B. Arcucci. 1995. Late Triassic turtles from South America. Science 268:855-858

Belongs to Palaeochersis according to M. de la Fuente et al. 2020

See also Danilov and Parham 2008, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Joyce 2017, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011, Rougier et al. 1995 and Sterli et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PULR 68, a skeleton. Its type locality is 2 km NE of La Esquina, which is in a Norian floodplain siltstone in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at 2 km NE of La Esquina

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