Kayentachelys
Name:
Kayentachelys
(Kayenta shell, named after the Kayenta Formation).
Phonetic: Kay-en-tah-chel-iss.
Named By: E. S. Gaffney, J. H. Hutchison,
F. A. Jenkins Jr. & L. J. Meeker - 1987.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines,
Cryptodira.
Species: K. aprix (type).
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: About 50 centimetres wide, 60
centimetres long.
Known locations: USA, Arizona - Kayenta
Formation.
Time period: Sinemurian-Pliensbachian of the
Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and shells of
at least two individuals.
Kayentachelys is a genus of turtle that lived in the south-west of the USA during the early Jurassic. Though only known from incomplete remains, Kayentachelys has been identified as one of the earliest cryptodiran turtles.
Further reading
- Modern turtle origins: - The oldest known cryptodire.
Science 237:289-291. - E. S. Gaffney, J. H.
Hutchison, F. A. Jenkins Jr. & L. J. Meeker -
1987.
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