Palauchelys
Appearance
Palauchelys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Genus: | †Palauchelys |
Species: | †P. montellanoi
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Binomial name | |
†Palauchelys montellanoi López-Conde et. al., 2021
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Palauchelys is an extinct genus of bothremydid turtle that existed during the Campanian.
Distribution
[edit]P. montellanoi fossils are known from the Olmos Formation of Coahuila, Mexico.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ López-Conde, Oliver A.; Pérez-García, Adán; Chavarría-Arellano, María L.; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (March 2021). "A new bothremydid turtle (Pleurodira) from the Olmos Formation (upper Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico". Cretaceous Research. 119: 104710. Bibcode:2021CrRes.11904710L. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104710. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.