Atlantochelys
Atlantochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. For 163 years, only a partial humerus was known, but the second part of the same bone was found in 2012. The full size has been extrapolated as being 3 m (9.8 ft).
| Atlantochelys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Fossil humerus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Protostegidae |
| Genus: | †Atlantochelys Leidy, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| †Atlantochelys mortoni Leidy, 1865 | |
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