Odontochelys Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Cast of the paratype specimen (IVPP V 13240), Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Family: | †Odontochelyidae Li et al. 2008 |
Genus: | †Odontochelys Li et al. 2008 |
Species: | †O. semitestacea
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Binomial name | |
†Odontochelys semitestacea |
Odontochelys semitestacea (meaning "toothed turtle with a half-shell") is a Late Triassic relative of turtles[1] before Pappochelys was discovered and Eunotosaurus was redescribed,[2] Odontochelys was considered the oldest undisputed member of Pantestudines (i.e. a stem-turtle). It is the only known species in the genus Odontochelys and the family Odontochelyidae.
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