Argillochelys
| Argillochelys Temporal range: Middle-Late Eocene | |
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| Shell of Argillochelys subcristata and skull of Puppigerus crassicostata, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Genus: | Argillochelys Lydekker, 1889 |
Argillochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the middle to lower Eocene in what is now Britain. It was first named by Lydekker in 1889.
A species, A. africana, was found in Morocco, and described in 2002 by Tong & Hirayama.[1]
References
- ↑ Tong, Haiyan; Ren Hirayama (November 2008). "A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 179 (6): 623–630. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.179.6.623.