Taraschelon
Appearance
Taraschelon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Testudinidae |
Genus: | †Taraschelon Pérez-García, 2015 |
Type species | |
Taraschelon gigas Bravard, 1844
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Taraschelon is an extinct genus of testudinid that lived in what is now France during the Rupelian stage of the Cenozoic era. It is known from a single species, T. gigas.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Pérez-García, Adán (2 January 2016). "A new genus for ' Testudo ' gigas , the largest European Paleogene testudinid". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (1): e1030024. doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.1030024. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.