| Waluchelys | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification ๐ Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | โ Australochelyidae |
| Genus: | โ Sterli et. al., 2020 |
| Species: | โ W. cavitesta
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| Binomial name | |
| โ Waluchelys cavitesta Sterli et. al., 2020
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Waluchelys is an extinct genus of australochelyid that lived during the Late Triassic epoch. It is known from a single species, Waluchelys cavitesta.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Sterli, Juliana; Martรญnez, Ricardo N.; Cerda, Ignacio A.; Apaldetti, Cecilia (6 August 2020). Benson, Roger (ed.). "Appearances can be deceptive: bizarre shell microanatomy and histology in a new Triassic turtle (Testudinata) from Argentina at the dawn of turtles". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (2): 1097โ1132. doi:10.1002/spp2.1334. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 21 September 2024 โ via Wiley Online Library.
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