Larachelus
Extinct genus of turtles
Larachelus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Genus: | †Larachelus Pérez-García & Murelaga, 2012 |
Type species | |
†Larachelus morla Pérez-García & Murelaga, 2012 |
Larachelus is an extinct genus of xinjiangchelyid turtle known from the Early Cretaceous (late Hauterivian to early Barremian stage) of Spain.[1][2]
References
- ^ Pérez-García, A. N.; Murelaga, X. (2012). "Larachelus morla, gen. Et sp. Nov., a new member of the little-known European Early Cretaceous record of stem cryptodiran turtles". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (6): 1293. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694592. S2CID 84274421.
- ^ Pérez-García, A. (2012). "A new species of Brodiechelys (Testudines, Pan-Cryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: Systematic and palaeobiogeographic implications". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0059. S2CID 56200636.
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- See also: Angolachelonia
- Ankylopoda
- Mesochelydia
- Perichelydia
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