Globochelus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | † Thalassochelydia |
Family: | † Plesiochelyidae |
Genus: | † Globochelus De Lapparent de Bloin et. al., 2021 |
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