Larachelus
Larachelus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Genus: | †Larachelus Pérez-García & Murelaga, 2012 |
Type species | |
†Larachelus morla Pérez-García & Murelaga, 2012
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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.
Categories:
- Testudinata
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Hauterivian genera
- Barremian genera
- Early Cretaceous turtles
- Early Cretaceous reptiles of Europe
- Cretaceous Spain
- Fossils of Spain
- Fossil taxa described in 2012
- Prehistoric turtle stubs
- Cretaceous reptile stubs