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Phosphatochelys

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Genus of reptiles

Phosphatochelys
Temporal range:Eocene
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Pleurodira
Family:Bothremydidae
Tribe:Taphrosphyini
Subtribe:Taphrosphyina
Genus:Phosphatochelys
Gaffney & Tong, 2003
Species:
P. tedfordi
Binomial name
Phosphatochelys tedfordi
Gaffney & Tong, 2003

Phosphatochelys ("phosphate turtle") is an extinctgenus ofbothremydidpleurodiran turtle that was discovered nearOued Zem,Morocco.[1] The genus consists solely oftype speciesP. tedfordi.

Discovery

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Phosphatochelys was discovered in theOued Zem locality ofMorocco, and is known from exclusively from a complete 6.8-centimetre-long skull, lacking the lower jaw.[1][2] The holotype was given to one of the describers by a friend, who had purchased it in France.

References

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  1. ^abE. S. Gaffney and H. Tong. 2003. Phosphatochelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Morocco. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:644-659.
  2. ^Fossilworks: Phosphatochelysfossilworks.org Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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
 
  
 
Phosphatochelys


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