# Perochelys

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Extinct genus of turtles

Perochelys Temporal range: Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Trionychidae Subfamily: Trionychinae Genus: †Perochelys Li et. al., 2015 Type species Perochelys lamadongensis

***Perochelys*** is an [extinct](/source/Extinction) [genus](/source/Genus) of [turtle](/source/Turtle) that inhabited [Liaoning](/source/Liaoning) during the [Aptian](/source/Aptian). It is [known](/source/Knowledge) from a single [species](/source/Species), *P. lamadongensis*.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Li, Lu; Joyce, Walter G.; Liu, Jun (4 March 2015). ["The first soft-shelled turtle from the Jehol Biota of China"](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2014.909450). *[Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology](/source/Journal_of_Vertebrate_Paleontology)*. **35** (2) e909450. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2015JVPal..35E9450L](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015JVPal..35E9450L). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/02724634.2014.909450](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F02724634.2014.909450). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0272-4634](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0272-4634). Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

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