Asmodochelys
Appearance
Asmodochelys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | †Ctenochelyidae |
Genus: | †Asmodochelys Gentry, Ebersole & Kiernan, 2019 |
Type species | |
†Asmodochelys parhami Gentry, Ebersole & Kiernan, 2019
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Asmodochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle which lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian). Two species are known from the southern United States: A. parhami from the Demopolis Chalk and A. leviathan from the Neylandville Marl.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Smith, H. F.; Adrian, B.; Kline, P. (2025). "A novel marine turtle (Pan-Chelonioidea: Ctenochelyidae) from the Maastrichtian Neylandville Marl Formation of north central Texas, U.S.A". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 144. 23. doi:10.1186/s13358-025-00363-8.