Araiochelys

Araiochelys
Temporal range: Paleocene, 66.043–61.7 Ma[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: †Bothremydidae
Subfamily: †Bothremydinae
Tribe: †Bothremydini
Subtribe: †Bothremydina
Genus: †Araiochelys
Gaffney et al., 2006
Species:
†A. hirayamai
Binomial name
†Araiochelys hirayamai
Gaffney et al., 2006

Araiochelys ("narrow turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco.[2][1][3] The genus consists solely of type species A. hirayamai.[1]

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