Atolchelys
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Atolchelys is an extinct genus of bothremydid that lived during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.
| Atolchelys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Genus: | †Atolchelys |
| Species: | †A. lepida |
| Binomial name | |
| †Atolchelys lepida Romano et. al., 2014 | |
Distribution
A. lepida fossils are known from the Morro do Chaves Formation in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin of Brazil.[1]