Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
The specific epithet of Chelydropsis heweneggensis sp. nov. comes from the name of the study area. Hwenegg (formerly Hewenegg) is a world-famous palaeontological locality in Germany, from where many large vertebrates, mainly artio- and perissodactyls have been excavated during the past decades. The nomenclatural act has been registered under the LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0C3B2350-88CB-4BA4-96D1-B2A25C44011F.
Full reference: I. Pappa, E. Vlachos, E. Frey and G. Iliopoulos. 2024. A new species of a snapping turtle (Pan-Chelydridae/Chelydropsis) from the Upper Miocene (MN9, early Vallesian) of Southwest Germany. Historical Biology 1-20
Belongs to Chelydropsis according to I. Pappa et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Chelydropsis apellanizi, Chelydropsis aubasi, Chelydropsis decheni, Chelydropsis kusnetzovi, Chelydropsis manuascensis, Chelydropsis murchisoni, Chelydropsis pontica, Chelydropsis sansaniensis
Type specimen: SMNK-PAL 9115, a skeleton. Its type locality is Höwenegg, which is in a MN 9/MN 10 lacustrine horizon in Germany.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Höwenegg
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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