Ctenochelys
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Panchelonioidea |
| Genus: | †Ctenochelys Sternberg, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| †C. stenopora |
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Ctenochelys is an extinct genus of Cryptodira, which existed during the Cretaceous period, and lived in shallow waters.[1] Its fossils have been found in the Ripley Formation in central Alabama, USA.[2] It was first named by C.H. Sternberg in 1904,[3] and contains four species, C. stenopora,[4] C. acris, C. procax, and C. tenuitesta.
Species
- Ctenochelys stenoporis is the type species. It was originally thought to be a species of Toxochelys; T. bauri, until Sternberg declared it a separate genus.[3] The two genera are similar in carapaces.[1]
- Ctenochelys acris was first named by Zangerl in 1953.[5]
References
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