Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

The species epithet is formed by reference to the late Charles Aubas, who supported discovery of the new species named after him by providing local fossil collectors access to the sandpit of Chry-Chartreuve, urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8DB084EC-EE90-440A-A8B2-F0E926831542.

Full reference: W. G. Joyce, J.-L. Landreat, and Y. Rollot. 2022. A pan-chelydrid, Chelydropsis aubasi sp. nov., from the Middle Eocene (MP 15, early Bartonian) of Chéry-Chartreuve, France. The Anatomical Record 1-16

Belongs to Chelydropsis according to W. G. Joyce et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Chelydropsis apellanizi, Chelydropsis decheni, Chelydropsis heweneggensis, Chelydropsis kusnetzovi, Chelydropsis manuascensis, Chelydropsis murchisoni, Chelydropsis pontica, Chelydropsis sansaniensis

Type specimen: Syntype series of 15 specimens (NMB CHC collection) (NMB CHC.3, a neural III and IV with partial right costal IV (Figure 2c); NMB CHC.15, a right peripheral I (Figure 3a); NMB CHC.13, a right peripheral II (Figure). Its type locality is Chéry-Chartreuve, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Chéry-Chartreuve

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