Pleurochayah
Appearance
Pleurochayah Temporal range: Cenomanian
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Scientific 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
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Binomial name | |
†Pleurochayah appalachius Adrian et al., 2021
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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
- ^ 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