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Brontochelys

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Extinct genus of turtles

Brontochelys
Temporal range:Lower Miocene
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Pleurodira
Family:Podocnemididae
Genus:Brontochelys
Gaffney, Meylan, Wood, Simons & Campos, 2011
Species:
B. gaffneyi
Binomial name
Brontochelys gaffneyi
Wood, 1970
Synonyms

Shweboemys gaffneyiWood, 1970

Brontochelys is anextinctgenus ofpodocnemidid from theMiocene ofPakistan. The only species known,B. gaffneyi was classified before in the genusShweboemys, which is known from thePliocene ofBurma.[1]Brontochelys is represented only by itstype specimen BMNH R.8570, a nearly complete skull, which exact locality is unknown but probably comes from the Lower Miocene sediments in theBugti Hills, inBaluchistan, Pakistan. This skull is different from its relatives likeShweboemys,Lemurchelys andStereogenys by its large, forward-faced orbits, a large frontal bone that composes most of the dorsal orbit margin and a palatal curved. The name ofBrontochelys is formed by the Greek wordsbronte, "thunder" andchelys, "turtle", in reference to the large size of the skull.[2]

References

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  1. ^Wood, R.C. 1970. A review of the fossil Pelomedusidae (Testudines, Pleurodira) of Asia.Breviora 357: 1–24
  2. ^Gaffney, E.S.; Meylan, P.A.; Wood, R.C.; Simons, E.L.; Campos, D.A. 2011.Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae.Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 350: 1–237.
Brontochelys
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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