Palaeochersis

Palaeochersis
Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Carapace from the holotype
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Rhaptochelydia
Family: †Australochelyidae
Genus: †Palaeochersis
Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci, 1995
Species:
†P. talampayensis
Binomial name
†Palaeochersis talampayensis
Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci, 1995

Palaeochersis is an extinct genus of rhaptochelydian turtle from the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina. It is known from one species, Palaeochersis talampayensis.

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