Wutuchelys

Wutuchelys
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Genus: †
Species:
†W. eocenica
Binomial name
†Wutuchelys eocenica
Tong et. al., 2019

Wutuchelys is an extinct genus of testudinoid that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Wutuchelys eocenica is known from the Wutu Formation of Shandong, China.[1]

References

  1. ^ Tong, Haiyan; Claude, Julien; Li, Cheng-Sen; Yang, Jian; Smith, Thierry (January 2019). "Wutuchelys eocenica n. gen. n. sp., an Eocene stem testudinoid turtle from Wutu, Shandong Province, China". Geological Magazine. 156 (1): 133–146. doi:10.1017/S0016756817000905. ISSN 0016-7568. Retrieved 5 June 2025 – via Cambridge Core.
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