Bouliachelys

Bouliachelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Cretaceous Australia. Its parent taxon is the clade Dermochelyoidae.[1]

Bouliachelys
Temporal range: Cretaceous 105.3–99.7 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Clade: Dermochelyoidae
Genus: Bouliachelys

References

  1. Bardet, N.; Jalil, N. E.; De Lapparent De Broin, F.; Germain, D.; Lambert, O.; Amaghzaz, M. (2013). Viriot, Laurent (ed.). "A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods". PLOS ONE. 8 (7): e63586. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...863586B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063586. PMC 3708935. PMID 23874378. figure 7
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