| Dinochelys Temporal range: LateJurassic | |
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| Shell ofD. whitei | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
| Family: | †Pleurosternidae |
| Genus: | †Dinochelys Gaffney, 1979 |
| Species: | †D. whitei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dinochelys whitei Gaffney, 1979 | |
Dinochelys (from a reference to theDinosaur National Monument Visitor Center and Greekchelys, turtle) is anextinctgenus ofparacryptodiranturtle from theLate JurassicMorrison Formation.[1]
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