Chinlechelys
Extinct genus of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chinlechelys (/tʃɪnəltʃɛliːs/[stress?] meaning Chinle turtle) is an extinct genus of stem-turtle belonging to Testudinata. It lived in the Norian age of the Late Triassic and is the oldest turtle known from North America. Among turtles it is unique, mostly because of its very thin shell. The type and only species, C. tenertesta, was named and described with the genus by Walter G. Joyce et al. in 2009. It was probably terrestrial, and was found by Joyce et al. to be closely related to Proganochelys, another terrestrial testudinatan.
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Chinlechelys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Genus: | †Chinlechelys Joyce et al., 2009 |
Type species | |
Chinlechelys tenertesta Joyce et al., 2009 |
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