†Atlantochelys Agassiz 1849 (sea turtle)
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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
Type: Atlantochelys mortoni
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Monmouth Brooks (Atlantochelys mortoni type locality) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)
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