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Phunoichelys

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Phunoichelys
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Xinjiangchelyidae
Genus: Phunoichelys
Tong et. al., 2015
Type species
Phunoichelys thirakhupti

Phunoichelys is an extinct genus of xinjiangchelyid turtle that inhabited Thailand during the Jurassic period and is known from a single species, P. thirakhupti.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Tong, Haiyan; Naksri, Wilailuck; Buffetaut, Eric; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Suteethorn, Suravech; Deesri, Uthumporn; Sila, Saitong; Chanthasit, Phornphen; Claude, Julien (January 2015). "A new primitive eucryptodiran turtle from the Upper Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation of the Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand". Geological Magazine. 152 (1): 166–175. doi:10.1017/S0016756814000223. ISSN 0016-7568. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Cambridge Core.