Larachelus

Larachelus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Genus:Larachelus
Pérez-García & Murelaga, 2012
Type species
Larachelus morla
Pérez-García & Murelaga, 2012

Larachelus is an extinct genus of basal pan-cryptodiran turtle known from the Early Cretaceous (late Hauterivian to early Barremian stage) of Spain.[1]

References

  1. Pérez-García, A. N.; Murelaga, X. (2012). "Larachelus morla, gen. Et sp. Nov., a new member of the little-known European Early Cretaceous record of stem cryptodiran turtles". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (6): 1293. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694592.


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