Osonachelus
Name:
Osonachelus.
Phonetic: Os-no-kel-iss.
Named By: F. de Lapparent de Broin, X.
Murelaga, F. Farr�s & J. Altimiras - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines.
Species: O. decorata (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Spain - Vic-Manlleu Marls
Formation.
Time period: Bartonian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Osonachelus is a genus of turtle that lived in Spain during the Eocene.
Further reading
- An exceptional cheloniid turtle, Osonachelus decorata
nov.
gen., nov. sp., from the Eocene (Bartonian) of Catalonia
(Spain). - Geobios 47(3):111-132. - F. de Lapparent
de Broin, X. Murelaga, F. Farr�s & J. Altimiras
-
2014.
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