Gomphochelys

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Gomphochelys
Temporal range: Paleocene–Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Dermatemydidae
Genus: Gomphochelys
Bourque et. al., 2015
Type species
Gomphochelys nanus

Gomphochelys is an extinct genus of dermatemydid sea turtles that lived in Wyoming during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. It is known from a single species, G. nanus. [1]

References

  1. Bourque, Jason R.; Howard Hutchison, J.; Holroyd, Patricia A.; Bloch, Jonathan I. (4 March 2015). "A new dermatemydid (Testudines, Kinosternoidea) from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Willwood Formation, southeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 35 (2): e905481. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.905481. ISSN   0272-4634 . Retrieved 7 October 2024 via Taylor and Francis Online.