Phosphatochelys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | † Bothremydidae |
Tribe: | † Taphrosphyini |
Subtribe: | † Taphrosphyina |
Genus: | † Phosphatochelys Gaffney & Tong, 2003 |
Species: | †P. tedfordi |
Binomial name | |
†Phosphatochelys tedfordi Gaffney & Tong, 2003 | |
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