Palaeochersis
Name:
Palaeochersis (ancient turtle).
Phonetic: Pay-le-o-cher-sis.
Named By: G. W. Rougier, M. S. de la
Fuente & A. B. Arcucci - 1995.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudinata.
Species: P. talampayensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Shell about 70 centimetres long.
Known locations: Argentina - Los Colorados
Formation.
Time period: Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Almost complete individual.
Palaeochersis is a genus of turtle that lived in South America during the late Triassic.
Further reading
- Late Triassic turtles from South America. - Science
268:855-858. - G. W. Rougier, M. S. de la Fuente
& A. B. Arcucci - 1995.
- Anatomy and relationships of Palaeochersis talampayensis,
a Late
Triassic turtle from Argentina. - Palaeontographica Abt. A
281, 1-61 - Juliana Sterli, Guillermo Rougier &
Marcelo S. de la Fuente - 2007.
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