Waluchelys is an extinct genus of australochelyid that lived during the Late Triassic epoch. It is known from a single species, Waluchelys cavitesta.[1]

Waluchelys
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Australochelyidae
Genus: Waluchelys
Sterli et. al., 2020
Species:
W. cavitesta
Binomial name
Waluchelys cavitesta
Sterli et. al., 2020

References

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  1. ^ Sterli, Juliana; Martínez, Ricardo N.; Cerda, Ignacio A.; Apaldetti, Cecilia (6 August 2020). Benson, Roger (ed.). "Appearances can be deceptive: bizarre shell microanatomy and histology in a new Triassic turtle (Testudinata) from Argentina at the dawn of turtles". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (2): 1097–1132. doi:10.1002/spp2.1334. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 21 September 2024 – via Wiley Online Library.