Helochelys is an extinct genus of stem turtle known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southern Germany.[1][2][3][4]
| Helochelys Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Helochelydridae |
| Genus: | †Helochelys von Meyer, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Helochelys danubina von Meyer, 1854
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References
edit- ^ H. von Meyer. 1854. Mittheilung, an Professor Bronn gerichtet. Neues Jahrbuch fu?r Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1854:575-581
- ^ W. G. Joyce, S. D. Chapman, R. T. J. Moody and C. A. Walker. 2011. The skull of the solemydid turtle Helochelydra nopcsai from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight (UK) and a review of Solemydidae. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:75-97.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Helochelys". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Helochelys Meyer, 1854". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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