Name:
Atolchelys.
Phonetic: At-ol-chel-iss.
Named By: P. S. R. Romano, V. Gallo, R.
R. C. Ramos & L. Antonioli - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines,
Pleurodira.
Species: A. lepida (type).
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Brazil - Coqueiro Seco
Formation.
Time period: Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Atolchelys is a genus of side-necked turtle that lived in Brazil during the Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Atolchelys lepida, a new side-necked turtle
from the Early
Cretaceous of Brazil and the age of crown Pleurodira. Biology
Letters 10(20140290). - P. S. R. Romano, V. Gallo,
R. R. C. Ramos & L. Antonioli - 2014.