New species of pelomedusoid turtle found in Madagascar

[sauroid]

Sahonachelys mailakavava, a pelomedusoid turtle from Late Cretaceous Malagasy
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-species-pelomedusoid-turtle-madagascar.html?fbclid=IwAR2NYLuIhIfNLSt-2Uj6GoCXRC-4BySpXAkAHNsp1pe6v7Svv-qDTwolDWw

Sahonachelys mailakavava by Andrey Atuchin

[Faelrin]

Wonderful looking turtle (judging from both the fossil material and artwork), and it is great to see they have most of it to work with.

I'm guessing the paper is open access as I seem able to read it: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210098

It seems to suggest it was found in the late Cretaceous Madagascar Maevarano Formation, contemporaneous to Beelzebufo, and other animals like Majungasaurus, Masiakasaurus, Rahonavis, Simosuchus, etc that have been found in it.

[BlueKrono]

Always exciting to see a new turtle.

[Halichoeres]

Really nice to get the shell, skull, and limbs all together. Phenomenal fossil. (And I always love to see Atuchin's artwork.)