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 |
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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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References
[edit]- ^ a b James F. Parham; Nicholas D. Pyenson (2010). "New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 231–247. doi:10.1666/09-077R.1. S2CID 62811400.
- ^ Brinkman, D.; Aquillon-Martinez, M.C.; Dávila, C.A.L.; Jamniczky, H.; Eberth, D.A.; Colbert, M. (2009). "Euclastes coahuilaensis sp. nov., a basal cheloniid turtle from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila State, Mexico". PaleoBios. 28 (3): 76–88.
- ^ Lynch, S.C.; Parham, J.F. (2003). "The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters" (PDF). PaleoBios. 23 (3): 21–35.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- Mexichelys in the Paleobiology Database
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