Kimurachelys Temporal range: Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Genus: | †Kimurachelys Brinkman et. al., 2015 |
Type species | |
Kimurachelys slobodae |
Kimurachelys is an extinct genus of chelonioid that inhabited Alberta during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch. It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, K. slobodae.
References
- Brinkman, Donald B.; Densmore, Michael; Rabi, Márton; Ryan, Michael J.; Evans, David C. (5 August 2015). Henderson, Don (ed.). "Marine turtles from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 52 (8): 581–589. doi:10.1139/cjes-2014-0189. ISSN 0008-4077. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Canadian Science Publishing.