Spoochelys

Spoochelys
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
~ Cenomanian
Referred skull of Spoochelys (LRF-TH450). Scale = 2 cm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Perichelydia
Genus: †Spoochelys
Smith & Kear, 2013
Type species
†Spoochelys ormondea
Smith & Kear, 2013

Spoochelys is an extinct genus of perichelydian turtle from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Griman Creek Formation of Australia. The genus contains a single species, Spoochelys ormondea.

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