Gomphochelys

Gomphochelys; Temporal range: Paleocene–Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Dermatemydidae
Genus:	† Gomphochelys ; Bourque et. al., 2015
Type species
	Gomphochelys nanus;

Last updated September 16, 2025

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

↑ 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. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E5481B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.905481. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 7 October 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[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. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E5481B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.905481. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 7 October 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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