Eileanchelys
Extinct genus of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eileanchelys is an extinct genus of primitive turtle from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) period some 164 million years ago of Britain. Only one species is recorded, Eileanchelys waldmani. It is the best-represented turtle from the Middle Jurassic, because of the amount of specimens that can be assigned to it. The turtle is also one of the oldest turtles ever found to be aquatic, and might represent a milestone in turtle evolution.
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Eileanchelys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | Mesochelydia |
Genus: | †Eileanchelys Anquetin et al., 2009 |
Type species | |
Eileanchelys waldmani Anquetin et al., 2009 |
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