Itilochelys

Name: Itilochelys (Itil turtle).
Phonetic: I-til-o-kel-iss.
Named By: I. G. Danilov, A. O. Averianov & A. A. Yarkov - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines, Cryptodira, Cheloniidae.
Species: I. rasstrigin (type).
Diet: Carnivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Danian of the Paleocene.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post cranial remains.

       Itilochelys is a genus of turtle that lived in the waters over what is now Russia during the Palaeocene.

Further reading
- Itilochelys rasstrigin gen. et sp. nov., a new hard-shelled sea turtle (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Lower Palaeocene of Volgograd Province, Russia. - Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RSA 314(1):24-41. - I. G. Danilov, A. O. Averianov & A. A. Yarkov - 2010.

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