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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | † Bothremydidae |
| Tribe: | † Taphrosphyini |
| Subtribe: | † Taphrosphyina |
| Genus: | †
Phosphatochelys Gaffney & Tong, 2003 |
| Species: | †P. tedfordi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Phosphatochelys tedfordi Gaffney & Tong, 2003
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Phosphatochelys ("phosphate turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered near Oued Zem, Morocco. [1] The genus consists solely of type species P. tedfordi.
Discovery
Phosphatochelys was discovered in the Oued Zem locality of Morocco, and is known from exclusively from a complete 6.8-centimetre-long skull, lacking the lower jaw. [1] [2] The holotype was given to one of the describers by a friend, who had purchased it in France.
References
- ^ a b E. S. Gaffney and H. Tong. 2003. Phosphatochelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Morocco. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:644-659.
- ^ Fossilworks: Phosphatochelys fossilworks.org Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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