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Toxochelys
Sign in to saveToxochelys () 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.
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It sits within the topics Chelonioidea, Extinct turtles and Fossil taxa described in 1873.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 115
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Collections
- USNM, FHSM, CM, YPM, NMMNHS
- Recorded in
- United States, ; ; ;, ;
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Phylogeny
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Toxochelys () 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.
==Description== Toxochelys had carapace about in length. Two species in the genus are recognized, Toxochelys latiremis and Toxochelys moorevillensis. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Toxochelys belong to an extinct lineage of turtles transitional between modern sea turtles and other turtles.
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