Condorchelys

Condorchelys
Temporal range: Middle Toarcian
~179.17–178.07 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Rhaptochelydia
Clade: Mesochelydia
Genus: †Condorchelys
Sterli 2008
Species:
†C. antiqua
Binomial name
†Condorchelys antiqua
Sterli 2008

Condorchelys was a genus of stem turtle from Early Jurassic (Middle Toarcian) Cañadon Asfalto Formation of Argentina. Condorchelys represents the oldest Jurassic-aged Turtle from South America, with only one species described, Condorchelys antiqua.[2]

  1. ^ Fantasia, A.; Föllmi, K. B.; Adatte, T.; Spangenberg, J. E.; Schoene, B.; Barker, R. T.; Scasso, R. A. (2021). "Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina". Gondwana Research. 89 (1): 47–65. Bibcode:2021GondR..89...47F. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001. S2CID 225120452. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ Sterli, J (2008), "A new, nearly complete stem turtle from the Jurassic of South America with implications for turtle evolution", Biology Letters, 4 (3): 286–289, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0022, PMC 2610044, PMID 18331974, retrieved 2019-03-01