Prochelidella

Prochelidella; Temporal range: Albian-Early Coniacian; ~105–89.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Subfamily:	Chelinae
Genus:	†Prochelidella; Lapparent de Broin & de la Fuent 2001
Species
	P. argentinae Lapparent de Broin & de la Fuente 2001; P. buitreraensis Maniel et al., 2020; P. cerrobarcinae De la Fuente et al. 2011; P. portezuelae De la Fuente 2003;

Prochelidella is an extinct genus of Early to Late Cretaceous chelid turtles from the Bajo Barreal, Candeleros, Cerro Barcino and Portezuelo Formations of the Cañadón Asfalto, Golfo San Jorge and Neuquén Basins in Patagonia, Argentina. It includes the following species:^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b F. d.e. Lapparent de Broin and M. S. de la Fuente. 2001. Oldest world Chelidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 333:463-470
^ "Prochelidella". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
^ Ignacio J. Maniel; Marcelo S. de la Fuente; Sebastian Apesteguía; Joaquin Pérez Mayoral; Maria L. Sanchez; Gonzalo D. Veiga; Ian Smales (2020). "Cranial and postcranial remains of a new species of Prochelidella (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from 'La Buitrera' (Cenomanian of Patagonia, Argentina), with comments on the monophyly of this extinct chelid genus from southern Gondwana". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (12): 1033–1055. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1721579. S2CID 214500365.
^ de la Fuente. 2003. Two new Pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 77, No. 3, pp. 559–575.