Elochelys
Elochelys ("swamp turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of Fuveau Basin, France.[1] The genus consists solely of type species E. perfecta,[2][3] though a second species (E. covenarum) was reassigned to the genus Iberoccitanemys.
| Elochelys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Subfamily: | †Bothremydinae |
| Tribe: | †Bothremydini |
| Subtribe: | †Foxemydina |
| Genus: | †Elochelys Nopcsa, 1931 |
| Species: | †E. perfecta |
| Binomial name | |
| †Elochelys perfecta Nopcsa, 1931 | |
Discovery
Elochelys was discovered in the Fuveau region of France, and is known from exclusively from a shell. The holotype was described by Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás in 1931.[2] A second species was described by Laurent, Yong and Claude, 2002.[4] but was subsequently reassigned to a new genus, Iberoccitanemys.[1]
References
- Gaffney, E.S., Tong, H., Meylan, P.A., 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300, 1–700.
- Nopcsa, F., 1931. Sur des nouveaux restes de Tortues du Danien du Midi de la France. Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France 1, 223–236.
- "Fossilworks: Arenila". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Laurent, Y., Tong, H., Claude, J., 2002. New side-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Bothremydidae) from the Upper Maastrichtian of the Petites-Pyréneés (Haute-Garonne, France). Cretaceous Research 23, 465–471.
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