Anomalochelys
Appearance
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Anomalochelys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | †Nanhsiungchelyidae |
Genus: | †Anomalochelys Hirayama et al., 2001 |
Species: | †A. angulata
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Binomial name | |
†Anomalochelys angulata Hirayama et al., 2001
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Anomalochelys (IPA: [ənɒmʌloʊχελiːs] or IPA: [ənɒmʌloʊtʃɛliːs]) is an extinct genus of land turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan,[1] Guangdong, China.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ren Hirayama; Kazuhiko Sakurai; Tsutomu Chitoku; Gentaro Kawakami; Norio Kito (2001). "Anomalochelys angulata, an unusual land turtle of family Nanhsiungchelyidae (Superfamily Treionychoidea; Order Testudines) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, North Japan". Russian Journal of Herpetology. 8 (2): 127–138. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26.
- ^ Hirayama, R; Zhong, Y; Di, Y; Yonezawa, M; Hasegawa, M. "A new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Guangdong, China". The Gaffney Turtle Symposium Abstract Volume: 72–73.