Mexichelys Temporal range:
Late Campanian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Cheloniidae |
Genus: |
Mexichelys Parham & Pyenson, 2010 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Euclastes coahuilaensis Brinkman et al., 2009 |
Mexichelys is an extinct monotypic genus of sea turtle which lived in Mexico during the Cretaceous. The only species is Mexichelys coahuilaensis. [1] Mexichelys was erected in 2010 as a replacement name for Euclastes coahuilaensis, a species named in 2009. [2]
Cladogram based on Lynch and Parham (2003) [3] and Parham and Pyenson (2010): [1]
Cheloniidae sensu lato |
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Mexichelys Temporal range:
Late Campanian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Cheloniidae |
Genus: |
Mexichelys Parham & Pyenson, 2010 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Euclastes coahuilaensis Brinkman et al., 2009 |
Mexichelys is an extinct monotypic genus of sea turtle which lived in Mexico during the Cretaceous. The only species is Mexichelys coahuilaensis. [1] Mexichelys was erected in 2010 as a replacement name for Euclastes coahuilaensis, a species named in 2009. [2]
Cladogram based on Lynch and Parham (2003) [3] and Parham and Pyenson (2010): [1]
Cheloniidae sensu lato |
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