Osonachelus is an extinct genus of cheloniid turtle that lived in Catalonia during the Bartonian. It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, O. decorata.[1]
Osonachelus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Cheloniidae |
Genus: | †Osonachelus De Lapparent de Broin et. al., 2014 |
References
edit- ^ de Lapparent de Broin, France; Murelaga, Xabier; Farrés, Francesc; Altimiras, Jacint (May–June 2014). "An exceptional cheloniid turtle, Osonachelus decorata nov. gen., nov. sp., from the Eocene (Bartonian) of Catalonia (Spain)". Geobios. 47 (3): 111–132. Bibcode:2014Geobi..47..111D. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2014.02.002. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.