Biology:Anomalochelys

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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles

Anomalochelys
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Nanhsiungchelyidae
Genus: Anomalochelys
Hirayama et al., 2001
Species:
A. angulata
Binomial name
Anomalochelys angulata
Hirayama et al., 2001

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

  1. 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20110826064544/http://rjh.folium.ru/contents/2001/2001-02.htm. 
  2. 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. 

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