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Pacifichelys

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Extinct genus of turtles

Pacifichelys
Temporal range:Mid Miocene (Friasian-Laventan)
~15.97–13.65 Ma
Skull ofPacifichelys urbinai
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Cheloniidae
Genus:Pacifichelys
Type species
Pacifichelys urbinai
Parham and Pyenson,2010
Species
  • P. urbinaiParham and Pyenson, 2010
  • P. hutchisoni(Lynch and Parham,2003)
Synonyms

Pacifichelys is an extinct genus ofsea turtle from theMiddle Miocene ofPeru (Pisco Formation) andCalifornia (Temblor Formation).[1][2] It was first named byJames F. Parham andNicholas D. Pyenson in 2010, and thetype species isPacifichelys urbinai from Peru.[2] A second species,P. hutchisoni, was reassigned from the genusEuclastes. It is known from the Miocene of California. Like the livingRidley andloggerhead sea turtles,Pacifichelys wasdurophagous, consuming hard-shelled organisms with crushing jaws.[2]

Taxonomy

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Cladogram based on Lynch and Parham (2003)[3] and Parham and Pyenson (2010):[2]

Cheloniidae sensu lato


References

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  1. ^Pacifichelys atFossilworks.org
  2. ^abcdJames F. Parham;Nicholas D. Pyenson (2010). "New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous".Journal of Paleontology.84 (2):231–247.Bibcode:2010JPal...84..231P.doi:10.1666/09-077R.1.S2CID 62811400.
  3. ^Lynch, S.C.; Parham, J.F. (2003)."The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidaesensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters"(PDF).PaleoBios.23 (3):21–35.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^"Fossilworks: Euclastes coahuilaensis".
Genera
Species of theCheloniidae family
Allopleuron
Argillochelys
Caretta
Carolinochelys
Chelonia
Eochelone
Eretmochelys
Gigantatypus
Glarichelys
Itilochelys
Lepidochelys
Mexichelys
Miocaretta
Natator
Pacifichelys
Syllomus
Tasbacka
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
  
 
Pacifichelys
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