Osonachelus

Osonachelus; Temporal range: Bartonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Cheloniidae
Genus:	† Osonachelus ; De Lapparent de Broin et. al., 2014

Last updated May 24, 2025

Osonachelus is an extinct genus of cheloniid turtle that lived in Catalonia during the Bartonian. It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, O. decorata.^[1]

References

↑ de Lapparent de Broin, France; Murelaga, Xabier; Farrés, Francesc; Altimiras, Jacint (May–June 2014). "An exceptional cheloniid turtle, Osonachelus decorata nov. gen., nov. sp., from the Eocene (Bartonian) of Catalonia (Spain)" . Geobios . 47 (3): 111–132. Bibcode:2014Geobi..47..111D. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2014.02.002 . Retrieved 3 October 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Lapparent de Broin, France; Murelaga, Xabier; Farrés, Francesc; Altimiras, Jacint (May–June 2014). "An exceptional cheloniid turtle, Osonachelus decorata nov. gen., nov. sp., from the Eocene (Bartonian) of Catalonia (Spain)" . Geobios . 47 (3): 111–132. Bibcode:2014Geobi..47..111D. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2014.02.002 . Retrieved 3 October 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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