Acleistochelys maliensis, Gaffney & Roberts & Sissoko & Bouaré & Tapanila & O'leary, 2007

Gaffney, Eugene S., Roberts, Eric, Sissoko, Famory, Bouaré, Mohamed L., Tapanila, Leif & O'leary, Maureen A., 2007, Acleistochelys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali, American Museum Novitates 3549 (1), pp. 1-24 : 4-5

Acleistochelys maliensis , new species

TYPE SPECIMEN: CNRST SUNY 199 (figs. 2–5), partial skull including fragments of the lower jaw, lacking some of the left temporal region, and both posterior parts of the skull roof. Skull measurements are in table 2. Associated shell fragments include the anterior margin of the nuchal (fig. 6), neurals one and four (fig. 7), and peripheral two (fig. 7). A partial cervical vertebra (figs. 8, 9) and some pelvic fragments are present .

TYPE LOCALITY: Mali 17, located south of the Adrar des Iforas Mountains , between Saguirilidad and In Fargas , Mali.

HORIZON: Middle to upper portion of the Teberemt Formation of Moody and Sutcliffe (1991, 1993).

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT: Near shore marine.

DIAGNOSIS: As for genus.

ETYMOLOGY: Named for the country of discovery.

REFERRED MATERIAL: None.

PREVIOUS WORK: CNRST SUNY 199 is included in the phylogenetic analysis of Gaffney et al. (2006).