Prochelidella
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Prochelidella Temporal range: Aptian–Albian | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Subfamily: | Chelinae |
Genus: | †Prochelidella Lapparent de Broin & de la Fuente, 2001[1] |
Prochelidella is an extinct genus of chelid turtle from Argentina. It includes the following species:[2]
- Prochelidella argentinae Lapparent de Broin & de la Fuente, 2001[1]
- Prochelidella cerrobarcinae de la Fuente et al., 2011
- Prochelidella portezuelae de la Fuente, 2003[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 F. d.e. Lapparent de Broin and M. S. de la Fuente. 2001. Oldest world Chelidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 333:463-470
- ↑ "Prochelidella". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ↑ de la Fuente. 2003. Two new Pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo formation (Upper Cretaceous) of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 77, No. 3, pp. 559–575.
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