Hispaniachelys
| Hispaniachelys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
| Genus: | †Hispaniachelys Slater et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †H. prebetica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hispaniachelys prebetica Slater et al., 2011
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Hispaniachelys is an
extinct genus of thalassochelydian turtle known from the Lorente Formation of southern Spain.[1] Reinterpretation of the original material shows that the taxon lacks diagnostic characteristics and is thus a nomen dubium.[2]
Description
Hispaniachelys is known from
million years ago.[1]
Etymology
Hispaniachelys was first named by Ben J. Slater, Matías Reolid, Remmert Schouten, and
generic name is derived from Hispania, a Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula or Spain, and -chelys, Greek for "turtle". The specific name refers to the Prebetic, where the holotype was discovered.[1]
References
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- S2CID 31091127.