Odontochelys
Odontochelys semitestacea (meaning "toothed turtle with a half-shell") is a Late Triassic relative of turtles. Before Pappochelys was discovered and Eunotosaurus was redescribed, Odontochelys was considered the oldest undisputed member of Pantestudines (i.e. a stem-turtle). It is the only known species in the genus Odontochelys and the family Odontochelyidae.
| Odontochelys Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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| Cast of the paratype specimen (IVPP V 13240), Paleozoological Museum of China | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Family: | †Odontochelyidae Li et al. 2008 |
| Genus: | †Odontochelys Li et al. 2008 |
| Species: | †O. semitestacea |
| Binomial name | |
| †Odontochelys semitestacea | |
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