Prochelidella
Prochelidella | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Subfamily: | Chelinae |
Genus: | †Prochelidella Lapparent de Broin & de la Fuent 2001[1] |
Species | |
|
Prochelidella is an extinct genus of Early to Late Cretaceous chelid turtles from the Bajo Barreal, Candeleros, Cerro Barcino and Portezuelo Formations of the Cañadón Asfalto, Golfo San Jorge and Neuquén Basins in Patagonia, Argentina. It includes the following species:[2]
- P. argentinae Lapparent de Broin & de la Fuente 2001[1]
- P. cerrobarcinae De la Fuente et al. 2011
- P. portezuelae De la Fuente 2003[3]
References
- ^ a b 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.
Categories:
- Chelidae
- Fossil Chelid Turtles
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Cretaceous turtles
- Albian life
- Cenomanian life
- Coniacian life
- Turonian life
- Early Cretaceous reptiles of South America
- Late Cretaceous reptiles of South America
- Cretaceous Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Bajo Barreal Formation
- Candeleros Formation
- Cerro Barcino Formation
- Portezuelo Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 2001
- Extinct turtles