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Chupacabrachelys

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Extinct genus of turtles

Chupacabrachelys
Temporal range:Late Cretaceous,Campanian
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Pleurodira
Family:Bothremydidae
Tribe:Taphrosphyini
Genus:Chupacabrachelys
Lehman & Wick, 2010
Species
  • C. complexusLehman & Wick, 2010 (type)

Chupacabrachelys is anextinctgenus ofbothremydidturtle which existed in westernTexas, United States during the lateCretaceous period (Campanian age).[1] Its fossils were discovered inAguja Formation in theBig Bend region, and its type example is one of the most complete bothremydid specimens known. It was first named by Thomas M. Lehman and Steven L. Wick in2010 and the type species isChupacabrachelys complexus.[1]Chupacabrachelys was named after thecryptid of the same name from Mexican folklore.

References

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  1. ^abThomas M. Lehman and Steven L. Wick (2010). "Chupacabrachelys complexus, n. gen. n. sp. (Testudines: Bothremydidae), from the Aguja Formation (Campanian) of West Texas".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.30 (6):1709–1725.Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1709L.doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.520782.S2CID 129303574.
Chupacabrachelys
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
  
 


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