Fontainechelon

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| fossil_range = Early Eocene

| taxon = Fontainechelon

| authority = Pérez-García et. al., 2016

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Fontainechelon is an extinct genus of testudinid that lived in France during the Early Eocene. It is known from a single species, F. cassouleti.{{Cite journal |last=Pérez-García |first=Adán |last2=Ortega |first2=Francisco |last3=Jiménez Fuentes |first3=Emiliano |date=July 2016 |title=Taxonomy, systematics, and diversity of the European oldest testudinids |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/177/3/648/2468524?login=false |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=177 |issue=3 |pages=648–675 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12381 |access-date=3 October 2024 |via=Oxford Academic}}

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Category:Fossil taxa described in 2016

Category:Testudinidae

Category:Prehistoric turtle genera

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