Atolchelys
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Genus: | †Atolchelys |
| Species: | †A. lepida
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| †Atolchelys lepida Romano et. al., 2014
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Atolchelys is an extinct genus of bothremydid that lived during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.
Distribution
[edit]A. lepida fossils are known from the Morro do Chaves Formation in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin of Brazil.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Romano, Pedro S. R.; Gallo, Valéria; Ramos, Renato R. C.; Antonioli, Luzia (1 July 2014). "Atolchelys lepida , a new side-necked turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil and the age of crown Pleurodira". Biology Letters. 10 (7) 20140290. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0290. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 4126622. PMID 25079494.