Taxonomic reassessment of the Pliocene pond turtle Melanochelys mossoczyi wetterauensis from the Wetterau brown coal mine in Hesse, Germany
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14949816Keywords:
Germany, Upper Pliocene, Wetterau, Hesse, MelanochelysAbstract
An overview description of the taxonomical feature of the Upper Pliocene turtle’s remains from the Wölfersheim brown coal deposit in the Wetterau, Hesse, Germany is given here. The original material came from the former “Natural Science Collections” in Meiningen (1950- 1960) as an exchange sample and is now preserved as a holotype “MSB IB k 314” in the “Museum of Natural History” Schleußingen, Thuringia, Germany. The material was scientifically described previously as a member of the genus Geoemyda and is reviewed again here. This taxon is reassessed and re-identified as being in close relationship with the European taxon of Melanochelys mossoczyi (Previously referred to as Geoemyda mossoczyi).
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