Lapparentemys vilavilensis de Broin 1971 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Full reference: F. de Broin. 1971. Une espece nouvelle de tortue pleurodire (? Roxochelys vilavilensis n. sp.) dans le Cretace superieur de Bolivie. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 7(3-4):445-452

Belongs to Lapparentemys according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vila Vila, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in the Santa LucĂ­a Formation of Bolivia

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vila Vila

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