Anomalochelys

Anomalochelys is an extinct genus of land turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan.[1]

Anomalochelys
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: †Nanhsiungchelyidae
Genus: †Anomalochelys
Hirayama et al., 2001
Species:
†A. angulata
Binomial name
†Anomalochelys angulata
Hirayama et al., 2001

References
  1. Ren Hirayama; Kazuhiko Sakurai; Tsutomu Chitoku; Gentaro Kawakami; Norio Kito (2001). "Anomalochelys angulata, an unusual land turtle of family Nanhsiungchelyidae (Superfamily Treionychoidea; Order Testudines) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, North Japan". Russian Journal of Herpetology. 8 (2): 127–138. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26.


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