Rafetus bohemicus

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Specimen ID: NMP 20205

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Basic Information
Type:
Referred specimen
Genus:
Rafetus
Species:
bohemicus
Family:
Trionychidae
Status:
In collection
Country:
Czechia
Repository Information
Repository:
National Museum in Prague (NMP)
Repository #:
NMP 20205
Additional #:
Pb 72
Rights Holder:
National Museum in Prague
Address:
Depozitář Národního Muzea (Přírodovědecké muzeum), Cirkusová 1740, 190 00 Praha 9 –⁠ Horní Počernice, Czechia
Prague, 19000
Czechia
Curator:
Boris Ekrt
Email:
boris.ekrt@nm.cz
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
Location Map
Preservation
Mold/Impression

Description:

Partial carapace (imprint of CUP CHMHZ-GL-0001)

Synonyms
Trionyx preschenensis
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 CG. 1900. Neue Schildkröten und Fische aus der böhmischen Braunkohlenformation [New turtles and fish from the Bohemian lignite formation.]. Abhandlungen des Deutschen Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins für Böhmen ‘‘Lotos’’ 2:37–56 (In German).

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Additional Information

Fig. 4C–D

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