Aurorachelys

Aurorachelys; Temporal range: Turonian, 92 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Family:	†Macrobaenidae
Genus:	†Aurorachelys; Vandermark et al., 2009
Species:	†A. gaffneyi
Binomial name
	†Aurorachelys gaffneyi; Vandermark et al., 2009

Aurorachelys is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in Canada (Nunavut) during the late Cretaceous period, containing a single species, A. gaffneyi.^[1]^[2]

^ Deborah Vandermark; John A. Tarduno; Donald B. Brinkman; Rory D. Cottrell; Stephanie Mason (2009). "New Late Cretaceous macrobaenid turtle with Asian affinities from the High Canadian Arctic: dispersal via ice-free polar routes". Geology. 37 (2): 183–186. Bibcode:2009Geo....37..183V. doi:10.1130/G25415A.1.
^ Wall, Michael (2009-02-01). "Tropical Turtle Fossil Discovered in the High Arctic". Wired. (Popular presentation of the above report)

[1] Deborah Vandermark; John A. Tarduno; Donald B. Brinkman; Rory D. Cottrell; Stephanie Mason (2009). "New Late Cretaceous macrobaenid turtle with Asian affinities from the High Canadian Arctic: dispersal via ice-free polar routes". Geology. 37 (2): 183–186. Bibcode:2009Geo....37..183V. doi:10.1130/G25415A.1.

[2] Wall, Michael (2009-02-01). "Tropical Turtle Fossil Discovered in the High Arctic". Wired. (Popular presentation of the above report)

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