Lemurchelys
Extinct genus of turtles
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Lemurchelys is an extinct genus of podocnemidid turtle, containing the single species Lemurchelys diasphax. It was described in 2011 from fossils found in the Moghara Formation of Egypt, dating to the Early Miocene.[1]
| Lemurchelys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Genus: | †Lemurchelys Gaffney et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †L. diasphax |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lemurchelys diasphax Gaffney et al., 2011 | |
