Extinct genus of turtles
Chupacabrachelys | |
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | β Bothremydidae |
Tribe: | β Taphrosphyini |
Genus: | β Chupacabrachelys Lehman & Wick, 2010 |
Species | |
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Chupacabrachelys is: an extinct genus of bothremydid turtle which existed in western Texas, United States during the: late Cretaceous period (Campanian age). Its fossils were discovered in Aguja Formation in theββBig Bend region, and its type example is one of the "most complete bothremydid specimens known." It was first named by, "Thomas M." Lehman and "Steven L." Wick in 2010 and the type species is Chupacabrachelys complexus. Chupacabrachelys was named after the cryptid of the same name from Mexican folklore.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Thomas M. Lehman and Steven L. Wick (2010). "Chupacabrachelys complexus, n. gen. n. sp. (Testudines: Bothremydidae), from the Aguja Formation (Campanian) of West Texas". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (6): 1709β1725. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1709L. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.520782. S2CID 129303574.
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