Mexichelys

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Mexichelys
Temporal range: Late Campanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Testudines
Family:
Cheloniidae
Genus:
Mexichelys

Parham & Pyenson, 2010
Species
  • M. coahuilaensis (Brinkman et al., 2009) (type)
Synonyms

Euclastes coahuilaensis Brinkman et al., 2009

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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 

Toxochelys



Mexichelys



Lophochelyinae



Euclastes



Argillochelys


Eochelone




Erquelinnesla


Pacifichelys




Puppigerus


Cheloniidae sensu stricto








References

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