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Khargachelys
Discussion
Kharga honors Kharga Oasis, where the specimen was collected; chelys is Greek for, turtle;
Taxonomy
Khargachelys was named by AbdelGawad et al. (2023). Its type is Khargachelys caironensis.
It was assigned to Bothremydini by AbdelGawad et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Bothremydini by AbdelGawad et al. (2023).
Species
K. caironensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Khargachelys AbdelGawad et al. |
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G. †Khargachelys AbdelGawad et al. 2023
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†Khargachelys caironensis AbdelGawad et al. 2023
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. AbdelGawad et al. 2023 | Member of Bothemydini that differs from the other representatives of this clade by the following character combination: long shell close to 60 cm in length; oval-shaped carapace, reaching its widest point at the fifth peripherals; narrow and shallow nuchal emargination; seven neurals; almost as long and wide as the first pair of peripherals; first vertebral scute being the widest of the vertebral series; second to the fourth vertebrals noticeably longer than wide; first pair of marginals overlapping half the lateral nuchal margins; anterior margin of the plastron reaching the anterior carapace edge; anterior plastral lobe wider than the posterior one; twice as wide as long entoplastron; entoplastron width equivalent to almost half the anterior plastral lobe width; extragulars overlapping the entoplastron; humero-pectoral sulcus located behind the epiplastra, showing a relatively long distance between them; pectoral scutes overlapping the anterior region of the mesoplastra |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian | Egypt (New Valley) | K. caironensis (229326) |