Asmodochelys
Asmodochelys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | †Ctenochelyidae |
Genus: | †Asmodochelys |
Species: | †A. parhammi |
Binomial name | |
†Asmodochelys parhammi Gentry et. al., 2019 |
Asmodochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Late Cretaceous Demopolis Chalk of Alabama and Mississippi. It is known from the species A. parhami.[1]
References
- ^ Gentry, Andrew D.; Ebersole, Jun A.; Kiernan, Caitlin R. (18 December 2019). "Asmodochelys parhami , a new fossil marine turtle from the Campanian Demopolis Chalk and the stratigraphic congruence of competing marine turtle phylogenies". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (12): 191950. Bibcode:2019RSOS....691950G. doi:10.1098/rsos.191950. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 6936288. PMID 31903219.