Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov 2006 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: V. B. Sukhanov. 2006. An archaic turtle, Heckerochelys romani gen. et sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Moscow region, Russia. Fossil Turtle Researc 1:112-118

Belongs to Heckerochelys according to W. G. Joyce 2017

See also Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013 and Sukhanov 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 4561-1, a partial skeleton (incomplete shell (anterior third of the carapace including neurals 2-3, left costals 1-2, right costal 1, left peripherals 1-7 and the anterior two thirds of th). Its type locality is Peski, Kolomna, which is in a Bathonian karst claystone/sandstone in the Moskovoretskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Peski, Kolomna

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