Khargachelys
Khargachelys Temporal range: Late Campanian | |
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The holotype shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Genus: | †Khargachelys Mohamed et al. 2023 |
Khargachelys is an extinct Bothremydid side-necked turtle from the Quseir Formation in Egypt.[1]
References
- ^ AbdelGawad, Mohamed; Pérez-García, Adán; Hirayama, Ren; Mohesn, Sara; Tantawy, Abdel-Aziz; Abu El-Kheir, Gebely (2023-02-16). "The First Side-Necked Turtle (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of Egypt". Diversity. 15 (2): 284. doi:10.3390/d15020284. ISSN 1424-2818.