Paleochelco
Extinct genus of lizards
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Paleochelco is an extinct genus of lizard, possibly a polyglyphanodontian, found in the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation in Argentina. It contains a single species, P. occultato.[1]
| Paleochelco Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | †Polyglyphanodontia |
| Genus: | †Paleochelco Martinelli, Agnolín & Ezcurra, 2021 |
| Species: | †P. occultato |
| Binomial name | |
| †Paleochelco occultato Martinelli, Agnolín & Ezcurra, 2021 | |