urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:28CDDCDB-AC31-45B6-98B1-448E3282A041. The generic name is composed of the following words: Leviathan, in reference to the Biblical marine beast, in allusion to the body size of the new species; and chelys, Latinized name from the ancient Greek (khls meaning turtle in feminine gender).
Full reference: O. Castillo-Visa, À H. Luján, A. Galobart and A. Sellés. 2022. A gigantic bizarre marine turtle (Testudines: Chelonioidea) from the Middle Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of South-western Europe. Scientific Reports 12:18322: 1-10
Parent taxon: Chelonioidea according to O. Castillo-Visa et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Cheloniidae, Cimochelys, Dermochelyidae, Dermochelyoidae, Desmatochelyidae, Dollochelys rogovichi, Euclastidae, Kimurachelys, Nichollsemys, Pandermochelys, Pliochelys, Progonosaurus, Protostegidae, Toxochelyidae, Turgaiscapha kushmurunica
Subtaxa: Leviathanochelys aenigmatica
Type: Leviathanochelys aenigmatica
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cal Torrades (Cretaceous of Spain)
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