Mexichelys References

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Mexichelys Temporal range: Late Campanian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Cheloniidae
Genus:	Mexichelys Parham & Pyenson, 2010
Species
M. coahuilaensis (Brinkman et al., 2009) ( type)
Synonyms
Euclastes coahuilaensis Brinkman et al., 2009

Mexichelys is an extinct monotypic genus of sea turtle which lived in Mexico during the Cretaceous. The only species is Mexichelys coahuilaensis.^[1] Mexichelys was erected in 2010 as a replacement name for Euclastes coahuilaensis, a species named in 2009.^[2]

Cladogram based on Lynch and Parham (2003)^[3] and Parham and Pyenson (2010):^[1]

Cheloniidae sensu lato

Mexichelys

Argillochelys

	Erquelinnesla

	Pacifichelys

	Puppigerus

	Cheloniidae sensu stricto

References

^ ^a ^b James F. Parham; Nicholas D. Pyenson (2010). "New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 231–247. doi: 10.1666/09-077R.1. S2CID 62811400.
^ Brinkman, D.; Aquillon-Martinez, M.C.; Dávila, C.A.L.; Jamniczky, H.; Eberth, D.A.; Colbert, M. (2009). "Euclastes coahuilaensis sp. nov., a basal cheloniid turtle from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila State, Mexico". PaleoBios. 28 (3): 76–88.
^ Lynch, S.C.; Parham, J.F. (2003). "The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters" (PDF). PaleoBios. 23 (3): 21–35.^{[
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External links

Mexichelys in the Paleobiology Database

Cheloniidae family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Sea turtles
Family: Cheloniidae

Genera

Species of the Cheloniidae family

† Allopleuron

† Allopleuron hofmanni

† Argillochelys

† Argillochelys africana

Caretta

Loggerhead sea turtle

† Carolinochelys

† Carolinochelys wilsoni

Chelonia

Green sea turtle

† Eochelone

† Eochelone brabantica
† Eochelone voltregana

Eretmochelys

Hawksbill sea turtle

† Gigantatypus

† Gigantatypus salahi

† Glarichelys

† Glarichelys knorri

† Itilochelys

† Itilochelys rasstrigin

Lepidochelys

† Mexichelys

† Mexichelys coahuilaensis

† Miocaretta

† Miocaretta lankae

Natator

Flatback sea turtle

† Pacifichelys

† Pacifichelys hutchisoni
† Pacifichelys urbinai

† Syllomus

† Syllomus aegyptiacus
† Syllomus crispatus

† Tasbacka

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Diapsida
Order: Testudines

Genus

Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)

Cheloniidae	† Allopleuron Caretta † Carolinochelys Chelonia † Eochelone Eretmochelys † Gigantatypus † Glarichelys † Itilochelys Lepidochelys † Mexichelys † Miocaretta Natator † Pacifichelys † Syllomus † Tasbacka
Dermochelyidae	† Arabemys † Corsochelys † Cosmochelys Dermochelys † Eosphargis † Mesodermochelys † Psephophorus
	† Euclastes † Peritresius † Procolpochelys † Protosphargis † Puppigerus

Dermatemydidae	Dermatemys
Kinosternidae	Claudius † Hoplochelys Kinosternon Staurotypus Sternotherus

Emydidae	† Acherontemys Chrysemys Clemmys Deirochelys Emys Actinemys Emydoidea Glyptemys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Terrapene Trachemys † Wilburemys
Geoemydidae	Batagur † Banhxeochelys Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys
Platysternidae	Platysternon
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Centrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis † Cymatholcus † Floridemys Geochelone Gopherus † Hadrianus † Hesperotestudo Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria † Megalochelys † Oligopherus Psammobates Pyxis † Solitudo Stigmochelys † Stylemys Testudo

Carettochelyidae	† Allaeochelys † Anosteira Carettochelys
Trionychidae	Amyda Apalone † Axestemys Chitra Cyclanorbis Cycloderma † Drazinderetes Dogania † Gilmoremys † Hutchemys † Khunnuchelys Lissemys Nilssonia Palea † Palaeoamyda Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx
	† Basilochelys † Sinaspideretes

Chelydridae	Chelydra † Chelydrops † Chelydropsis † Emarginachelys † Macrocephalochelys Macrochelys † Planiplastron † Protochelydra
† Nanhsiungchelyidae	† Anomalochelys † Basilemys † Jiangxichelys
† Protostegidae	† Alienochelys † Archelon † Atlantochelys † Bouliachelys † Calcarichelys † Cratochelone † Desmatochelys † Iserosaurus † Notochelone † Ocepechelon † Pneumatoarthrus † Protostega † Rhinochelys † Santanachelys † Terlinguachelys
	† Adocus † Argillochelys † Bashuchelys † Ctenochelys † Prionochelys † Toxochelys

† Araripemydidae	† Araripemys
† Bothremydidae	† Araiochelys † Arenila † Azabbaremys † Bothremys † Cearachelys † Chedighaii † Chupacabrachelys † Eotaphrosphys † Foxemys † Galianemys † Ilatardia † Inaechelys † Itapecuruemys † Jainemys † Kinkonychelys † Kurmademys † Labrostochelys † Nigeremys † Phosphatochelys † Polysternon † Puentemys † Rosasia † Rhothonemys † Sankuchemys † Taphrosphys † Ummulisani † Zolhafah
Chelidae	Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa † Lomalatachelys Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys † Prochelidella Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys † Yaminuechelys
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa Pelusios
Podocnemididae	† Albertwoodemys † Bauruemys † Brontochelys † Caninemys † Carbonemys † Cerrejonemys † Cordichelys Erymnochelys † Lapparentemys † Latentemys Peltocephalus Podocnemis † Stupendemys
† Sahonachelyidae	† Sahonachelys † Sokatra

	† Caribemys † Caririemys † Tacuarembemys

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.

See also List of Testudines families

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