Lemurchelys

Lemurchelys is an extinct genus of podocnemidid turtle, containing the single species Lemurchelys diasphax. It was described in 2011 from fossils found in the Moghara Formation of Egypt, dating to the Early Miocene.[1]

Lemurchelys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Podocnemididae
Genus: †Lemurchelys
Gaffney et al., 2011
Species:
†L. diasphax
Binomial name
†Lemurchelys diasphax
Gaffney et al., 2011

References
  1. E. S. Gaffney, P. A. Meylan, R. C. Wood, E. Simons, D. De Almeida Campos (2011) Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae: American Museum Novitates: 1--237


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