Rafetus bohemicus

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Specimen ID: MMG-SNSD CST 621

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Basic Information
Type:
Referred specimen
Genus:
Rafetus
Species:
bohemicus
Family:
Trionychidae
Status:
In collection
Country:
Czechia
Repository Information
Repository:
Museum of Mineralogy and Geology of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden (MMG-SNSD)
Repository #:
CST 621
Rights Holder:
Museum of Mineralogy and Geology of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
Address:
Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie Königsbrücker Landstr. 159 D - 01109 Dresden Germany
Dresden, 01109
Germany
Curator:
Markus Wilmsen
Email:
Markus.Wilmsen@senckenberg.de
Website:
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Geological Information
Age:
Burdigalian
Exact Age (Ma):
17.50 Ma
Age Reference:
Novotný et al. (2021)
Locality:
Břešťany
Bed:
Břešťany Clay
Member:
Holešice Member
Formation:
Most Formation
Basin:
Most Basin
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Preservation
Body

Description:

Complete cervical VIII

References

Primary Reference:

Chroust, M., Mazuch, M., Ivanov, M., Alba, D.M. and Luján, À.H. 2023. Redescription of the soft-shell turtle Rafetus bohemicus (Testudines, Trionychidae) from the Early Miocene of Czechia. PeerJ 11: e15658.

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Additional References:

Laube, C. G. 1901. Synopsis der Wirbeltierfauna der böhmischen Braunkohlenformation und Beschreibung neuer, oder bisher unvollständig bekannter Arten [Synopsis of the vertebrate fauna of the Bohemian lignite formation and description of new or hitherto incompletely known species]. Lotos 2:1–80 (In German).

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Additional Information

Originally described as crocodile Diplocyodon. In Laube (1901), tab. 7, fig. 7.

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