Odontochelys

Odontochelys semitestacea (meaning "toothed turtle with a half-shell") is a Late Triassic relative of turtles. Before Pappochelys was discovered it was considered the oldest undisputed stem turtle. It is the only known species in the genus Odontochelys and the family Odontochelyidae. O. semitestacea was first described from three 220-million-year-old specimens excavated in Triassic deposits in Guizhou, China.
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Triassic turtles
Category:Triassic reptiles of asia
Category:Mesozoic china
Category:Prehistoric animals of china
Category:Fossils of china
Category:Transitional fossils
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2008
Category:Extinct turtles
Category:Prehistoric turtle genera
Category:Extinct animals of asia
Category:Late triassic reptiles
Category:Reptiles