Name:
Alienochelys
(strange turtle).
Phonetic: A-le-en-chel-iss.
Named By: F. de Lapparent de Broin, N.
Bardet, M. Amaghzaz & S. Meslouh - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines.
Species: A. selloumi (type).
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Morocco.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Alienochelys is a genus or turtle that lived during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A strange new chelonioid turtle from the latest Cretaceous
phosphates of Morocco. - Comptes Rendus Palevol 13(2):87-95.
- F. de Lapparent de Broin, N. Bardet, M. Amaghzaz
& S. Meslouh - 2014.
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