Emarginachelys

Emarginachelys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Americhelydia
Family: Chelydridae
Genus: Emarginachelys
Species: Emarginachelys cretacea

Emarginachelys cretacea is the earliest described chelydrid of the genus Emarginachelys, known from well preserved fossils from the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous of Montana.[1]

References

  1. Emarginachelys cretacea, Paleobiology Database


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