Prochelidella

Prochelidella is an extinct genus of Early to Late Cretaceous chelid turtles from the Bajo Barreal, Candeleros, Cerro Barcino and Portezuelo Formations of the Cañadón Asfalto, Golfo San Jorge and Neuquén Basins in Patagonia, Argentina. It includes the following species:[2]

  • P. argentinae Lapparent de Broin & de la Fuente 2001[1]
  • P. cerrobarcinae De la Fuente et al. 2011
  • P. portezuelae De la Fuente 2003[3]

Prochelidella
Temporal range: Albian-Early Coniacian
~105–89.3 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Subfamily: Chelinae
Genus: †Prochelidella
Lapparent de Broin & de la Fuent 2001[1]
Species
  • P. argentinae Lapparent de Broin & de la Fuente 2001
  • P. cerrobarcinae De la Fuente et al. 2011
  • P. portezuelae De la Fuente 2003

References
  1. F. d.e. Lapparent de Broin and M. S. de la Fuente. 2001. Oldest world Chelidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 333:463-470
  2. "Prochelidella". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  3. de la Fuente. 2003. Two new Pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 77, No. 3, pp. 559–575.
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