Waluchelys is an extinct genus of australochelyid that lived during the Late Triassic epoch. It is known from a single species, Waluchelys cavitesta.[1]
Waluchelys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | †Australochelyidae |
Genus: | †Waluchelys Sterli et. al., 2020 |
Species: | †W. cavitesta
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Binomial name | |
†Waluchelys cavitesta Sterli et. al., 2020
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References
edit- ^ Sterli, Juliana; Martínez, Ricardo N.; Cerda, Ignacio A.; Apaldetti, Cecilia (6 August 2020). Benson, Roger (ed.). "Appearances can be deceptive: bizarre shell microanatomy and histology in a new Triassic turtle (Testudinata) from Argentina at the dawn of turtles". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (2): 1097–1132. doi:10.1002/spp2.1334. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 21 September 2024 – via Wiley Online Library.