Hispaniachelys

Hispaniachelys
Temporal range: Oxfordian, 161.2–158 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Thalassochelydia
Genus: Hispaniachelys
Slater et al., 2011
Species:
H. prebetica
Binomial name
Hispaniachelys prebetica
Slater et al., 2011

Hispaniachelys is an extinct genus of thalassochelydian turtle known from the Lorente Formation of southern Spain.[1] Reinterpretation of the original material shows that the taxon lacks diagnostic characteristics and is thus a nomen dubium.[2]

  1. ^ Ben J. Slater; Matías Reolid; Remmert Schouten; Michael J. Benton (2011). "A new Late Jurassic turtle from Spain: phylogenetic implications, taphonomy and palaeoecology". Palaeontology. 54 (6): 1393–1414. Bibcode:2011Palgy..54.1393S. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01100.x.
  2. ^ Anquetin, J.; Püntener, C.; Joyce, W.G. (2017). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (2): 317–369. doi:10.3374/014.058.0205. S2CID 31091127.