Name:
Larachelus.
Phonetic: Lah-rah-chel-us.
Named By: A. N. P�rez-Garc�a & X.
Murelaga - 2012.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines,
Cryptodira.
Species: L. morla (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavaiable.
Known locations: Spain.
Time period: Hauterivian to early Barremian of the
Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Shell.
Larachelus was a pan-cryptodiran turtle, and the appearance of the genus in early Cretaceous era rocks of Spain has helped reveal the range and diversity pan-cryptodiran turtles.
Further reading
- Larachelus morla, gen. Et sp. Nov., a
new member of the
little-known European Early Cretaceous record of stem cryptodiran
turtles - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (6): 1293
- A. N. P�rez-Garc�a & X. Murelaga - 2012.