A new species of a snapping turtle (<italic>Pan-Chelydridae</italic>/<italic>Chelydropsis</italic>) from the Upper Miocene (MN9, early Vallesian) of Southwest Germany.

<italic>Chelydropsis</italic> is a genus of the clade <italic>Pan-Chelydridae</italic>, which existed and was distributed in Eurasia from the Eocene to the end of the Pliocene. The <italic>Chelydropsis</italic> fossil record of North of the Alps is particularly rich throughout the Miocene. In this study, we describe a new <italic>Chelydropsis</italic> species from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN9) fossiliferous site of Höwenegg in southwestern Germany. The new species is based on a nearly complete <italic>Chelydropsis</italic> skeleton, which stands out among the best preserved and most complete specimens ever found until now. The new species, <italic>Chelydropsis heweneggensis</italic> sp. nov. is of particular importance. It differs from the coeval <italic>Chelydropsis murchisoni</italic>, which recent studies suggest is the only <italic>Chelydropsis</italic> species known to have existed in Europe from the Middle Miocene to the Pliocene. The species described herein thus adds to the diversity of the European Neogene <italic>Chelydropsis</italic> record. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]