Palauchelys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of turtles}}

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| fossil_range = Campanian

| genus = Palauchelys

| species = montellanoi

| authority = López-Conde et. al., 2021

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Palauchelys is an extinct genus of bothremydid turtle that existed during the Campanian.

Distribution

P. montellanoi fossils are known from the Olmos Formation of Coahuila, Mexico.{{Cite journal |last1=López-Conde |first1=Oliver A. |last2=Pérez-García |first2=Adán |last3=Chavarría-Arellano |first3=María L. |last4=Alvarado-Ortega |first4=Jesús |date=March 2021 |title=A new bothremydid turtle (Pleurodira) from the Olmos Formation (upper Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667120303979 |journal=Cretaceous Research |language=en |volume=119 |pages=104710 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104710 |bibcode=2021CrRes.11904710L |access-date=16 February 2025 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}

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