Palaeochersis is an extinct genus of rhaptochelydian turtle from the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.2 km NE of La Esquina at Fossilworks.org It is known from one species, Palaeochersis talampayensis.
Discovery and naming Palaeochersis talampayensis is known from three specimens: PULR 68 (holotype), a skull and postcranium. PULR 69, an almost complete skeleton including the right tarsus and pes, and PULR 72, a skull. The three specimens were each collected together in 1992 within the Los Colorados Formation, Argentina.
Palaeochersis talampayensis was then named and described by Rougier, de la Fuente & Arcucci (1995).
Classification Palaeochersis was part of the Australochelyidae, being the sister taxon to Australochelys.
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