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MEXICHELYS
(meks-e-chel-iss)
meaning: "Mexico shell"
Named By: J. F. Parham & N. D. Pyenson in 2010
Time Period: Late Campanian
Location: Mexico
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Durophagous
Fossil(s): Partial Remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Testudines | Cryptodira | Chelonioidea |
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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. Mexichelys was erected in 2010 as a replacement name for Euclastes coahuilaensis, a species named in 2009.

Cladogram based on Lynch and Parham (2003) and Parham and Pyenson (2010):

Read more about Mexichelys at Wikipedia
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