Hispaniachelys Temporal range: Oxfordian,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
Genus: | †Hispaniachelys Slater et al., 2011 |
Species: | †H. prebetica
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Binomial name | |
†Hispaniachelys prebetica Slater et al., 2011
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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]