Itilochelys
Extinct genus of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Itilochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae containing the single species Itilochelys rasstrigin. The species is known only from the Early Paleocene, Danian stage Rasstrigin 2 locality, Dubovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1]
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Itilochelys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Cheloniidae |
Genus: | †Itilochelys |
Species: | †I. rasstrigin |
Binomial name | |
†Itilochelys rasstrigin Danilov, Averianov, & Yarkov, 2010 | |
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