Reptilia - Testudinata - Compsemydidae

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The epithet, enigmatica, alludes to 150 years of taxonomic uncertainty obscuring the validity of this new taxon. The epithet is formed as a noun in apposition, not an adjective.

Full reference: W. G. Joyce, J. R. Bourque, V. Fernandez and Y. Rollot. 2022. An alternative interpretation of small-bodied turtles from the “Middle Purbeck” of England as a new species of compsemydid turtle. Fossil Record 25(2):263-274

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

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK PV OR 48262/48265, a partial shell (a near complete shell preserved on two separately catalogued slabs). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.