Helochelys

Helochelys is an extinct genus of stem turtle known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southern Germany.[1][2][3][4]

Helochelys
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: โ€ Helochelydridae
Genus: โ€ Helochelys
von Meyer, 1854
Type species
Helochelys danubina
von Meyer, 1854

References

  1. H. von Meyer. 1854. Mittheilung, an Professor Bronn gerichtet. Neues Jahrbuch fu?r Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1854:575-581
  2. W. G. Joyce, S. D. Chapman, R. T. J. Moody and C. A. Walker. 2011. The skull of the solemydid turtle Helochelydra nopcsai from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight (UK) and a review of Solemydidae. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:75-97.
  3. "Fossilworks: Helochelys". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  4. "Helochelys Meyer, 1854". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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