Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

On a new species of emydid-tortoise from the Pliocene of Poland

Marian Młynarski

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 01 (2), 1956: 153-164

An additional discovery has recently been made in the Węże bone breccia of more perfect remains of a Pliocene tortoise, previously identified by the writer with Emys orbicularis L. This find justifies the erection of a new species for which the name of Emys wermuthi n. sp. is suggested.


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