Atolchelys
| Atolchelys Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †A. lepida
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| Binomial name | |
| †Atolchelys lepida Romano et. al., 2014
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Atolchelys is an extinct genus of bothremydid that lived during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.
Distribution
A. lepida fossils are known from the Morro do Chaves Formation in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin of Brazil.[1]
References
- ^ Romano, Pedro S. R.; Gallo, Valéria; Ramos, Renato R. C.; Antonioli, Luzia (1 July 2014). "Atolchelys lepida , a new side-necked turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil and the age of crown Pleurodira". Biology Letters. 10 (7): 20140290. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0290. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 4126622. PMID 25079494.