| Chupacabrachelys | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Tribe: | †Taphrosphyini |
| Genus: | †Chupacabrachelys Lehman & Wick, 2010 |
| Species | |
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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.
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