Biology:Prionochelys

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Prionochelys
Temporal range: Santonian–Campanian
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Genus: Prionochelys
Species:
P. matutina
Binomial name
Prionochelys matutina
Zangerl, 1953

Prionochelys is an extinct genus of pancheloniid from the from the Mooreville Chalk and Eutaw Formations of Alabama. It consists of a single species, P. matutina.[1]

Taxonomy

Prionochelys was originally assigned to the family Toxochelyidae.[1] A 2018 paper found it to be on the stem of Cheloniidae, the family to which most modern sea turtles belong, forming a monophyletic grouping with Ctenochelys and Peritresius.[2]

References


Wikidata ☰ Q123907448 entry