Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae

Alternative combination: Trinitichelys maini

Full reference: B. Adrian, H. F. Smith, C. R. Noto and A. Grossman. 2019. A new baenid, “Trinitichelys” maini sp. nov., and other fossil turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Arlington Archosaur Site (Woodbine Formation, Cenomanian), Texas, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica (22.3.81)1-29

Belongs to Gehennachelys according to B. Adrian et al. 2023

See also Adrian et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DMNH 2013-07-0712, a partial shell (anterior lobe of a plastron). Its type locality is Arlington Archosaur Site (facies A), which is in a Cenomanian delta plain siltstone/siltstone in the Lewisville Formation of Texas.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Arlington Archosaur Site (facies A)

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