Palaeochersis
Extinct genus of turtles
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Palaeochersis is an extinct genus of rhaptochelydian turtle[1] from the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.[2] It is known from one species, Palaeochersis talampayensis.[3]
| Palaeochersis Temporal range: Late Triassic, ~ | |
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| Carapace from the holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | Rhaptochelydia |
| Family: | †Australochelyidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeochersis Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci, 1995 |
| Species: | †P. talampayensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeochersis talampayensis Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci, 1995 | |
Discovery and naming
Palaeochersis talampayensis is known from three specimens: PULR 68 (holotype), a skull and postcranium. PULR 69, a right tarsus and pes, and PULR 72, a skull. The three specimens were each collected together in 1992[2] within the Los Colorados Formation, Argentina.[3][4]
Palaeochersis talampayensis was then named and described by Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci (1995).[3]
Classification
Palaeochersis was part of the Australochelyidae, being the sister taxon to Australochelys.[1][5]