Argillochelys
Argillochelys Temporal range: Middle-Late Eocene
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Shell of Argillochelys subcristata and skull of , at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
Genus: | †Argillochelys Lydekker, 1889 |
Argillochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the middle to lower Eocene in what is now Britain. It was first named by Lydekker in 1889.
A species, A. africana, was found in Morocco, and described in 2002 by Tong & Hirayama.[1]
References[]
- ^ Tong, Haiyan; Ren Hirayama (November 2008). "A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 179 (6): 623–630. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.179.6.623.
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Categories:
- Eocene turtles
- Chelonioidea
- Eocene reptiles of Europe
- Eocene reptiles of Africa
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Taxa named by Richard Lydekker
- Fossil taxa described in 1889
- Prehistoric turtle stubs