Kingdom Animalia Suborder Pleurodira Tribe Taphrosphyini Rank Genus | Class Sauropsida Family Bothremydidae Phylum Chordata Order Turtle | |
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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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