Genus: Pappochelys SCHOCH & SUES, 2015
Etymology: Greek, pappos, "grandfather" and Greek, chelys, "turtle."

Species: rosinae SCHOCH & SUES, 2015
Etymology: In honor of I. Rosin, who prepared key specimens of the new taxon.

Holotype: SMNS 92360

Locality: Schumann Quarry, Eschenau, Vellberg municipality, Baden-Württemberg State, Germany.

Horizon: Top of Untere Graue Mergel, Lower Keuper, Erfurt Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Longobardian, Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Disarticulated skeleton with incomplete skull.

Paratype:

SMNS 90013: Disarticulated skeleton with incomplete skull.

Referred material:

SMNS 91113, 91115: 2 partial postcranial skeletons.

SMNS 91120: Partial skeleton.

SMNS 91272: Partial postcranial skeleton.

SMNS 91356: Partial skull and postcranial sksleton.

SMNS 92357: Partial postcranial skeleton of large individual.

SMNS 91413: Left maxilla.

SMNS 91895: Partial postcranial skeleton.

SMNS 91961: Partial postcranial skeleton.

SMNS 91967-919168: 1 isolated trunk ribs.

SMNS 92044: Right scapula.

SMNS 92063: Partial skeleton of small individuals (ribs, gastralia, maxilla).

SMNS 92064: Distarticulated pelvic girdle and vertebrae.

SMNS 92065: Disarticulated postcranial sksleton of small individual (ribs, gastralia, pelvis).

SMNS 92066: Disarticulated remains of very small individual (dentary, frontal, jugla, prefrontal, gastralia, femur and tibia.

SMNS 92067-92069: 3 isolated trunk ribs.

HARIDY, WITZMANN, ASBACH, SCHOCH, FROBISCH, & ROTHSCHILD, 2019

SMNS 91680: Femur. Note: Paleopatholgy, osteosarcoma/cancer).