| Mexichelys Temporal range:Late Campanian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Genus: | Mexichelys Parham & Pyenson,2010 |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
Euclastes coahuilaensisBrinkmanet al., 2009 | |
Mexichelys is anextinctmonotypic genus ofsea turtle which lived inMexico during theCretaceous. The only species isMexichelys coahuilaensis.[1]Mexichelys was erected in 2010 as a replacement name forEuclastes coahuilaensis, a species named in 2009.[2]
Cladogram based on Lynch and Parham (2003)[3] and Parham and Pyenson (2010):[1]
| Cheloniidae sensu lato | |