Dinochelys
Dinochelys (from Greek deinos -terrible- and chelys -turtle) is an extinct genus of paracryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation.[1]
| Dinochelys Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
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| Shell of D. whitei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | †Pleurosternidae |
| Genus: | †Dinochelys Gaffney, 1979 |
| Species: | †D. whitei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dinochelys whitei Gaffney, 1979 | |
See also
References
- Brinkman, Donald B.; Stadtman, Ken; Smith, David (2000). "New material of Dinochelys whitei Gaffney, 1979, from the Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, Jurassic) of Colorado". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (2): 269–274. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0269:NMODWG]2.0.CO;2.
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