Mexichelys
Name:
Mexichelys
(Mexico shell).
Phonetic: Meks-e-chel-iss.
Named By: J. F. Parham & N. D.
Pyenson - 2010.
Classification: Chordata,, Reptilia,
Testudines, Cryptodira, Chelonioidea.
Species: M. coahuilaensis
(type)
Diet: Durophagous.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Mexico.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial Remains.
Mexichelys was originally described as a species of Euclastes, but was re-described to its own genus in 2010. Like relative genera, Mexichelys is thought to have been a durophagous carnivore of shelled organisms such as molluscs and crustaceans.
Further reading
- 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. D. Brinkman,
M. C. Aquillon-Martinez, C. A. L. D�vila, H.
Jamniczky, D. A. Eberth & M. Colbert - 2009.
- New sea turtle from the Miocene of Peru and iterative evolution of
feeding ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous. - Journal of
Paleontology 84(2):231-247. - J. F. Parham &
N. D. Pyenson - 2010.
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