Mexichelys

Mexichelys; Temporal range: Late Campanian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Cheloniidae
Genus:	Mexichelys; Parham & Pyenson, 2010
Species
	M. coahuilaensis (Brinkman et al., 2009) (type);
Synonyms
	Euclastes coahuilaensis Brinkman et al., 2009

Mexichelys is an extinct monotypic genus of sea turtle which lived in Mexico during the Cretaceous. The only species is Mexichelys coahuilaensis.[1] Mexichelys was erected in 2010 as a replacement name for Euclastes coahuilaensis, a species named in 2009.[2]

Cladogram based on Lynch and Parham (2003)[3] and Parham and Pyenson (2010):[1]

Cheloniidae sensu lato

Toxochelys

Mexichelys

Lophochelyinae

Euclastes

Argillochelys

Eochelone

	Erquelinnesla

	Pacifichelys

	Puppigerus

	Cheloniidae sensu stricto

References

James F. Parham; Nicholas D. Pyenson (2010). "New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 231–247. doi:10.1666/09-077R.1. S2CID 62811400.
Brinkman, D.; Aquillon-Martinez, M.C.; Dávila, C.A.L.; Jamniczky, H.; Eberth, D.A.; Colbert, M. (2009). "Euclastes coahuilaensis sp. nov., a basal cheloniid turtle from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila State, Mexico". PaleoBios. 28 (3): 76–88.
Lynch, S.C.; Parham, J.F. (2003). "The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters" (PDF). PaleoBios. 23 (3): 21–35.

External links

Mexichelys in the Paleobiology Database

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[Parham2010-1] James F. Parham; Nicholas D. Pyenson (2010). "New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 231–247. doi:10.1666/09-077R.1. S2CID 62811400.

[2] Brinkman, D.; Aquillon-Martinez, M.C.; Dávila, C.A.L.; Jamniczky, H.; Eberth, D.A.; Colbert, M. (2009). "Euclastes coahuilaensis sp. nov., a basal cheloniid turtle from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila State, Mexico". PaleoBios. 28 (3): 76–88.

[LP03-3] Lynch, S.C.; Parham, J.F. (2003). "The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters" (PDF). PaleoBios. 23 (3): 21–35.