Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

Kharga honors Kharga Oasis, where the specimen was collected; chelys is Greek for, turtle;

Full reference: M. AbdelGawad, A. Pérez-García, R. Hirayama, S. Mohesn, A.-A. Tantawy and G. Abu El-Kheir. 2023. The First Side-Necked Turtle (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of Egypt. Diversity 15:284:1-11

Parent taxon: Bothremydini according to M. AbdelGawad et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Bothremydina, Foxemydina, Palauchelys, Puentemys

Subtaxa: Khargachelys caironensis

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Type: Khargachelys caironensis

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Qarn Gennah (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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