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