Elochelys

Elochelys ("swamp turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of Fuveau Basin, France.^[1] The genus consists solely of type species E. perfecta,^[2][3] though a second species (E. covenarum) was reassigned to the genus Iberoccitanemys.

Elochelys Temporal range: Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dinosauria - Elochelys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	†Bothremydidae
Subfamily:	†Bothremydinae
Tribe:	†Bothremydini
Subtribe:	†Foxemydina
Genus:	†Elochelys Nopcsa, 1931
Species:	†E. perfecta
Binomial name
†Elochelys perfecta Nopcsa, 1931

Discovery

Elochelys was discovered in the Fuveau region of France, and is known from exclusively from a shell. The holotype was described by Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás in 1931.^[2] A second species was described by Laurent, Yong and Claude, 2002.^[4] but was subsequently reassigned to a new genus, Iberoccitanemys.^[1]