Toxochelys
Toxochelys (/toʊxʌkɛliːz/) is an extinct genus of marine turtle from the Late Cretaceous period. It is the most commonly found fossilized turtle species in the Smoky Hill Chalk, in western Kansas.
| Toxochelys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Fossil specimen, Houston Museum of Natural Science | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Panchelonioidea |
| Family: | †Toxochelyidae Baur, 1895 |
| Genus: | †Toxochelys Cope, 1873 |
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