Palaeochersis Temporal range: Late Triassic, ~ | |
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Carapace from the holotype | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | Rhaptochelydia |
Family: | † Australochelyidae |
Genus: | † Palaeochersis Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci, 1995 |
Type species | |
†Palaeochersis talampayensis Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci, 1995 |
Palaeochersis is an extinct genus of rhaptochelydian turtle [1] from the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina. [2] It is known from one species, P. talampayensis. [3]
P. talampayensis is known from a single partial skeleton (specimen PULR 068), [3] [4] and it was part of the Australochelyidae, being the sister taxon to Australochelys . [1] [5]
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