†Australochelys africanus Gaffney and Kitching 1994 (turtle)
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Full reference: E. S. Gaffney and J. W. Kitching. 1994. The most ancient African turtle. Nature 369:55-58
Belongs to Australochelys according to W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Danilov and Parham 2008, de Lapparent de Broin 2000, Gaffney and Kitching 1995 and Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BP/1/4933, a partial skull. Its type locality is farm Bormansdrift (133) ("middle" Elliot), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of South Africa.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at farm Bormansdrift (133) ("middle" Elliot)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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