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Labrostochelys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | † Bothremydidae |
Tribe: | † Taphrosphyini |
Subtribe: | † Taphrosphyina |
Genus: | †
Labrostochelys Gaffney, 2006 |
Species: | †L. galkini
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Binomial name | |
†Labrostochelys galkini Gaffney, 2006
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Labrostochelys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. [1] The genus consists solely of type species L. galkini. [2]
Labrostochelys was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, primarily known for its Maastrichtian and Paleocene fossils. [1] It is known from a nearly complete skull. [3]