Helochelydra

Helochelydra
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Barremian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Helochelydridae
Genus: Helochelydra
Nopcsa, 1928
Type species
Helochelydra nopcsai
Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1999

Helochelydra is an extinct genus of extinct stem turtle known from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ A. R. Milner. 2011. Turtles. Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils 14:295-304.
  2. ^ "Helochelydra". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  3. ^ "Fossilworks: Helochelydra". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ Joyce, Walter G.; Rabi, Márton; Clark, James M.; Xu, Xing (2016-10-28). "A toothed turtle from the Late Jurassic of China and the global biogeographic history of turtles". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16 (1): 236. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0762-5. PMC 5084352. PMID 27793089.