Emarginachelys
Emarginachelys Temporal range: Maastrichtian | |
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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
- ↑ Emarginachelys cretacea, Paleobiology Database
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