Mexichelys Parham and Pyenson 2010 (sea turtle)

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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