Ragechelus, Lapparent & Chirio & Bour, 2020

Lapparent, France de, Chirio, Laurent & Bour, Roger, 2020, The oldest erymnochelyine turtle skull, Ragechelus sahelica n. gen., n. sp., from the Iullemmeden basin, Upper Cretaceous of Africa, and the associated fauna in its geographical and geological context, Geodiversitas 42 (25), pp. 455-484 : 466

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a25
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:640E41DD-5761-4A5D-973C-9673DA38E2AD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4447841
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A7E9333B-FD76-4C4B-AE63-1A68CED1407E
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:A7E9333B-FD76-4C4B-AE63-1A68CED1407E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ragechelus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Ragechelus n. gen.

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A7E9333B-FD76-4C4B-AE63-1A68CED1407E

TYPE SPECIES. — Ragechelus sahelica n. gen., n. sp.

DIAGNOSIS. — As for type and only species (type by monotypy).

ETYMOLOGY. — In honour to our missing Jean-Claude Rage friend, who studied fossils from the neighbouring Ibeceten area, and ΧΕΛύζ, turtle (fem.) in greek.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Testudines
Family	Bothremydidae

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