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CHUPACABRACHELYS
(chu-pah-cah-brah-chel-iss)
meaning: "Chupacabrach shell"
Chupacabrachelys
Named By: Thomas M. Lehman & Steven L. Wick in 2010
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, Campanian
Location: USA, Texas - Aguja Formation
Size: Shell roughly about 40 centimetres long
Diet: Omnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Testudines | Pleurodira | Bothremydidae |
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Chupacabrachelys is an extinct genus of bothremydid turtle which existed in western Texas, United States during the late Cretaceous epoch (Campanian age). Its fossils were discovered in Aguja Formation in the Big Bend region, and its type example is one of the most complete bothremydid specimens known. It was first named by Thomas M. Lehman and Steven L. Wick in 2010 and the type species is Chupacabrachelys complexus.

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