Atlantochelys Agassiz 1849 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Desmatochelyidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1849. Remarks on crocodiles of the green sand of New Jersey and on Atlantochelys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 4:169-169

Parent taxon: Desmatochelyidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Leidy 1873 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Neptunochelys

Subtaxa: Atlantochelys mortoni

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Type: Atlantochelys mortoni

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Monmouth Brooks (Atlantochelys mortoni type locality) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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