Khunnuchelys
Name:
Khunnuchelys.
Phonetic: Kun-nu-chel-iss.
Named By: D. B. Brinkman, L. A. Nessov
& J.-H. Peng - 1994.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines,
Cryptodira, Trionychia, Trionychidae, Trionychinae.
Species: K. erinhotensis
(type), K. kizylkumensis, K. lophorhothon.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Skull reconstruced to be up to 17
centimetres long.
Known locations: China - Iren Dabasu Formation.
Kazakstan. Uzbekistan - Bissekty Formation.
Time period: Turonian to Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Several partial and
fragmentary skulls.
Khunnuchelys is a genus of turtle that seems to have been widespread across Asia during the Late Cretaeous. However, at the time of writing Khunnuchelys is only known from partial skull material.
Further reading
- Khunnuchelys gen. nov., a new trionychid (Testudines:
Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia and
Uzbekistan. - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
30(10-11):2214-2223. - D. B. Brinkman, L. A. Nessov
& J.-H. Peng - 1994.
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