Reconstruction of Pappochelys rosinae （Image source：Rainer Schoch， CC BY-SA 4.0 ） Age Triassic（Ladinian） 240 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Clade: Pantestudines Genus: Pappochelys Species: Pappochelys rosinae Morphological description Pappochelys rosinae was a small stem-turtle, with an estimated adult total length of less than about 20 cm. Its overall body outline had already shifted clearly toward the turtle body plan, but it still lacke

Reconstruction of Ocepechelon bouyai （Image source：Bardet N et al. (2013)， CC BY 2.5 ） Age Cretaceous（Maastrichtian） ~67 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Protostegidae Genus: Ocepechelon Species: Ocepechelon bouyai Morphological description The fossil of the narrow-snouted phosphate turtle Ocepechelon bouyai is based on a gigantic skull. The skull measures roughly 70 cm in length and about 43 cm