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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Genus: | †Lemurchelys Gaffney et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †L. diasphax
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| †Lemurchelys diasphax Gaffney et al., 2011
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Lemurchelys is an extinct genus of podocnemidid turtle, containing the single species Lemurchelys diasphax. It was described in 2011 from fossils found in the Moghara Formation of Egypt, dating to the Early Miocene.[1]
References
- ^ E. S. Gaffney, P. A. Meylan, R. C. Wood, E. Simons, D. De Almeida Campos (2011) Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae: American Museum Novitates: 1--237
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