Waluchelys

Waluchelys; Temporal range: Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Family:	† Australochelyidae
Genus:	† Waluchelys ; Sterli et. al., 2020
Species:	†W. cavitesta
Binomial name
	†Waluchelys cavitesta; Sterli et. al., 2020

Last updated May 28, 2025

Waluchelys is an extinct genus of australochelyid that lived during the Late Triassic epoch. It is known from a single species, Waluchelys cavitesta.^[1]

References

↑ Sterli, Juliana; Martínez, Ricardo N.; Cerda, Ignacio A.; Apaldetti, Cecilia (6 August 2020). Benson, Roger (ed.). "Appearances can be deceptive: bizarre shell microanatomy and histology in a new Triassic turtle (Testudinata) from Argentina at the dawn of turtles" . Papers in Palaeontology . 7 (2): 1097–1132. doi:10.1002/spp2.1334. ISSN 2056-2799 . Retrieved 21 September 2024– via Wiley Online Library.

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[1] Sterli, Juliana; Martínez, Ricardo N.; Cerda, Ignacio A.; Apaldetti, Cecilia (6 August 2020). Benson, Roger (ed.). "Appearances can be deceptive: bizarre shell microanatomy and histology in a new Triassic turtle (Testudinata) from Argentina at the dawn of turtles" . Papers in Palaeontology . 7 (2): 1097–1132. doi:10.1002/spp2.1334. ISSN 2056-2799 . Retrieved 21 September 2024– via Wiley Online Library.

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