†Mexichelys Parham and Pyenson 2010 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Euclastidae
Full reference: J. F. Parham and N. D. Pyenson. 2010. New sea turtle from the Miocene of Peru and iterative evolution of feeding ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):231-247
Parent taxon: Euclastidae according to d. B. France de Lapparent et al. 2025
See also Parham and Pyenson 2010
Sister taxa: Erquelinnesia, Euclastes, Glossochelys, Pacifichelys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mexichelys in the database
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