Osonachelus

Osonachelus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Cheloniidae
Genus: †
De Lapparent de Broin et. al., 2014

Osonachelus is an extinct genus of cheloniid turtle that lived in Catalonia during the Bartonian. It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, O. decorata.[1]

References

  1. ^ de Lapparent de Broin, France; Murelaga, Xabier; Farrés, Francesc; Altimiras, Jacint (May–June 2014). "An exceptional cheloniid turtle, Osonachelus decorata nov. gen., nov. sp., from the Eocene (Bartonian) of Catalonia (Spain)". Geobios. 47 (3): 111–132. Bibcode:2014Geobi..47..111D. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2014.02.002. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.


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