Trionychian turtles from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) Moghra Formation, Egypt, including a new species of Carettochelyidae

Abstract Although trionychians have a rich fossil record, much of their fossil diversity is known from the Cretaceous and Paleogene, and little is known about their evolutionary history in the Neogene. We here describe cranial and shell material of trionychians from the Early Miocene Moghra Formatio...

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Published in:	Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Main Authors:	Yann Rollot, Mohamed K. AbdelGawad, Mohamed A. Hamdan, Ahmed N. El-Barkooky, Safiya M. Hassan, Walter G. Joyce
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2025-06-01
Subjects:	Testudines Trionychia Carettochelyidae Trionychidae Trionychinae Anatomy
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00358-5