Aurorachelys

Extinct genus of turtles

Aurorachelys
Temporal range: Turonian, 92 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Macrobaenidae
Genus: Aurorachelys
Vandermark et al., 2009
Species:
A. gaffneyi
Binomial name
Aurorachelys gaffneyi
Vandermark et al., 2009

Aurorachelys is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in Canada (Nunavut) during the late Cretaceous period, containing a single species, A. gaffneyi.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Deborah Vandermark; John A. Tarduno; Donald B. Brinkman; Rory D. Cottrell; Stephanie Mason (2009). "New Late Cretaceous macrobaenid turtle with Asian affinities from the High Canadian Arctic: dispersal via ice-free polar routes". Geology. 37 (2): 183–186. Bibcode:2009Geo....37..183V. doi:10.1130/G25415A.1.
  2. ^ Wall, Michael (2009-02-01). "Tropical Turtle Fossil Discovered in the High Arctic". Wired. (Popular presentation of the above report)
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Sauropsida
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Pantestudines
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Australochelyidae
Meiolaniformes
Meiolaniidae
Sichuanchelyidae
  • Laurasichersis
  • Mongolochelys
  • Sichuanchelys
Helochelydridae
Compsemydidae
Paracryptodira
Pleurosternidae
Baenidae
Xinjiangchelyidae
Sinemydidae /
Macrobaenidae
Thalassochelydia
(sensu Joyce et al., 2021)
"Eurysternidae"
"Plesiochelyidae"
Sandownidae
Testudines
    • see Testudines
Pappochelys rosinae Meiolania brevicollis
Taxon identifiers
Aurorachelys
Aurorachelys gaffneyi


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