Biology:Glarichelys
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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles
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| G. gwinneri skeleton in Senckenberg Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Glarichelys Zangerl, 1958 |
Glarichelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle which was originally considered to be from the middle Oligocene epoch but has more recently come to be considered from the Eocene epoch.[1] It was first named by Zangerl in 1958.
References
- ↑ Danilov, Igor G.; Alexander O. Averianov (1997). "NEW DATA ON THE TURTLES FROM THE EARLY EOCENE OF KIRGHIZIA". Vol. 4, No. 1, 1997, pp. 40 – 45. Russian Journal of Herpetology. http://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Danilov_and_Averianov_1997.pdf.
External links
- Glarichelys at the Paleobiology Database
Wikidata ☰ Q5566682 entry
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