Atlantochelys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 83 Ma |
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First discovered part of the only known bone | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | †Protostegidae |
Genus: | †Atlantochelys |
Type species | |
†Atlantochelys mortoni (Agassiz, 1849) |
Atlantochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. For 163 years, only a partial humerus was known, but the second part of the same bone was found in 2012.[1][2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Parris, D., Schein, J., Daeschler, E., Gilmore, E., Poole, J., Pellegrini, R. Two halves make a holotype: two hundred years between discoveries. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163. ISSN 0097-3157.
- ^ http://phys.org/news/2014-03-paleontologists-giant-turtle-bone-fossil.html
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26717415