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Asmodochelys

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Asmodochelys
Temporal range: Campanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Ctenochelyidae
Genus: Asmodochelys
Species:
A. parhammi
Binomial name
Asmodochelys parhammi
Gentry et. al., 2019

Asmodochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Late Cretaceous Demopolis Chalk of Alabama and Mississippi. It is known from the species A. parhami.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Gentry, Andrew D.; Ebersole, Jun A.; Kiernan, Caitlin R. (18 December 2019). "Asmodochelys parhami , a new fossil marine turtle from the Campanian Demopolis Chalk and the stratigraphic congruence of competing marine turtle phylogenies". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (12): 191950. doi:10.1098/rsos.191950. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 6936288. PMID 31903219. Retrieved 25 September 2024.