Emarginachelys
Genus of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emarginachelys cretacea is a turtle belonging to the group Cryptodira, known from well preserved fossils from the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous of Montana.[1] Its exact phylogenetic position within Cryptodira is uncertain; different authors considered it to be either the earliest described chelydrid[2][3] or a fossil relative of kinosternoids.[4][5][6]
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Emarginachelys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Americhelydia |
Genus: | †Emarginachelys Whetstone, 1978 |
Species: | †E. cretacea |
Binomial name | |
†Emarginachelys cretacea Whetstone, 1978 | |
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