Wutuchelys
| Wutuchelys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †W. eocenica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Wutuchelys eocenica Tong et. al., 2019 | |
Wutuchelys is an extinct genus of testudinoid that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
Wutuchelys eocenica is known from the Wutu Formation of Shandong, China.[1]
References
- ^ Tong, Haiyan; Claude, Julien; Li, Cheng-Sen; Yang, Jian; Smith, Thierry (January 2019). "Wutuchelys eocenica n. gen. n. sp., an Eocene stem testudinoid turtle from Wutu, Shandong Province, China". Geological Magazine. 156 (1): 133–146. doi:10.1017/S0016756817000905. ISSN 0016-7568. Retrieved 5 June 2025 – via Cambridge Core.