Asmodochelys

Asmodochelys; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, upper Campanian–lower Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Other species
	†A. leviathan; Smith, Adrian & Kline, 2025 ;

Last updated June 07, 2025

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

↑ 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 .

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[1] 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.

[2] 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 .

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