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Pleurochayah

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Pleurochayah
Temporal range: Cenomanian
~96–95 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Hyperfamily: Pelomedusoides
Family: Bothremydidae
Genus: Pleurochayah
Adrian et al., 2021
Species:
P. appalachius
Binomial name
Pleurochayah appalachius
Adrian et al., 2021

Pleurochayah is an extinct genus of bothremydid turtle from the Lewisville Member of the Woodbine Formation in Texas. It is monotypic, with only type species P. appalachius known.[1]

References

  1. ^ Adrian, B., Smith, H.F., Noto, C.R. et al. An early bothremydid from the Arlington Archosaur Site of Texas. Sci Rep 11, 9555 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88905-1