Biology:Chedighaii

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Short description: Genus of turtles

Chedighaii
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 74.0 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Bothremydidae
Subfamily: Bothremydinae
Tribe: Bothremydini
Subtribe: Bothremydina
Genus: Chedighaii
Gaffney et al., 2006
Species:
C. hutchisoni
Binomial name
Chedighaii hutchisoni
Gaffney et al., 2006
Synonyms

"Naiadochelys" ingravata Hay, 1908

Chedighaii hutchisoni was a bothremydid turtle that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was named in 2006 by Gaffney et al. for a specimen, KUVP 14765, consisting only of a skull. The specimen was found in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico in the Hunter Wash Member of the Kirtland Formation. The formation is one of many formations that are from the Kirtlandian land-vertebrate age, and date from 74.0 million years ago. The holotype skull is nearly complete. No skeleton or carapace is known, but the material of "Naiadochelys" ingravata might be assignable to C. hutchisoni.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15738345 entry