Condorchelys
Appearance
Condorchelys Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | Rhaptochelydia |
Clade: | Mesochelydia |
Genus: | †Condorchelys Sterli, 2008 |
Species: | †C. antiqua
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Binomial name | |
†Condorchelys antiqua Sterli, 2008
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Condorchelys was a genus of stem turtle from Middle to Upper Jurassic Cañadon Asfalto Formation of Argentina. Only one species is described, Condorchelys antiqua.[1]
References
- ^ Sterli, J. 2008. A new, nearly complete stem turtle from the Jurassic of South America with implications for turtle evolution. Biology Letters 4: 286-289.