Waluchelys
{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptile}}
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| fossil_range = {{Geological age|Late Triassic}}
| genus = Waluchelys
| parent_authority = Sterli et. al., 2020
| species = cavitesta
| authority = Sterli et. al., 2020
}}
Waluchelys is an extinct genus of australochelyid that lived during the Late Triassic epoch. It is known from a single species, Waluchelys cavitesta.{{Cite journal |last1=Sterli |first1=Juliana |last2=Martínez |first2=Ricardo N. |last3=Cerda |first3=Ignacio A. |last4=Apaldetti |first4=Cecilia |date=6 August 2020 |editor-last=Benson |editor-first=Roger |title=Appearances can be deceptive: bizarre shell microanatomy and histology in a new Triassic turtle (Testudinata) from Argentina at the dawn of turtles |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1334 |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |language=en |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=1097–1132 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1334 |issn=2056-2799 |access-date=21 September 2024 |via=Wiley Online Library|url-access=subscription }}
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Category:Prehistoric turtle genera
Category:Late Triassic reptiles of South America
Category:Monotypic reptile genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2020
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