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Kimurachelys

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Kimurachelys
Temporal range: Campanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Genus: Kimurachelys
Brinkman et. al., 2015
Type species
Kimurachelys slobodae

Kimurachelys is an extinct genus of chelonioid that inhabited Alberta during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch. It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, K. slobodae.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Brinkman, Donald B.; Densmore, Michael; Rabi, Márton; Ryan, Michael J.; Evans, David C. (5 August 2015). Henderson, Don (ed.). "Marine turtles from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 52 (8): 581–589. doi:10.1139/cjes-2014-0189. ISSN 0008-4077. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Canadian Science Publishing.