Palaeochersis Temporal range: Late Triassic, ~ | |
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Carapace from the holotype | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | Rhaptochelydia |
Family: | † Australochelyidae |
Genus: | † Palaeochersis Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci, 1995 |
Species: | †P. talampayensis |
Binomial name | |
†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, Palaeochersis talampayensis. [3]
Palaeochersis talampayensis is known from three specimens: PULR 68 (holotype), a skull and postcranium. PULR 69, a right tarsus and pes, and PULR 72, a skull. The three specimens were each collected together in 1992 [2] within the Los Colorados Formation, Argentina. [3] [4]
Palaeochersis talampayensis was then named and described by Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci (1995). [3]
Palaeochersis was part of the Australochelyidae, being the sister taxon to Australochelys . [1] [5]