Laurasichersis
Appearance
Laurasichersis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | †Sichuanchelyidae |
Genus: | †Laurasichersis Pérez-García, 2020 |
Laurasichersis is an extinct genus of turtle that lived in France during the Thanetian stage. It is known from a single species, L. relicta.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Pérez-García, Adán (30 January 2020). "Surviving the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event: A terrestrial stem turtle in the Cenozoic of Laurasia". Scientific Reports. 10 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58511-8. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6992736. PMID 32001765. Retrieved 3 October 2024.