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Labrostochelys | |
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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 |
Binomial name | |
†Labrostochelys galkini Gaffney, 2006 |
Labrostochelys is an extinctgenus ofbothremydidpleurodiran turtle that was discovered in theOuled Abdoun Basin,Morocco.[1] The genus consists solely oftype speciesL. 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]
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