Berruchelus is an extinct genus of paracryptodiran turtle from the Paleogene of western Europe.[1]
Berruchelus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
Family: | †Compsemydidae |
Genus: | †Berruchelus Pérez-García, 2012 |
Species: | †B. russelli
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Binomial name | |
†Berruchelus russelli Pérez-García, 2012
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References
edit- ^ Pérez-García, A. (2012). "Berruchelus russelli, gen. et sp. nov., a paracryptodiran turtle from the Cenozoic of Europe". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3): 545–556. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.658933. S2CID 128616842.