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Cordichelys

Fossil skull, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Podocnemididae
Genus:	†Cordichelys

Cordichelys is an extinct genus of podocnemidid turtle.^[1]^[2] It was around during the Eocene. Fossils of this turtle have been discovered at Wadi El Hitan as of November 2020.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
^ Cherney, Michael D.; Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.; Gingerich, Phillip D.; Zalmout, Iyad; Antar, Mohammed Sameh M. (November 2020). "New Specimens of the Late Eocene Turtle Cordichelys (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) From Wadi Al Hitan and Qasr El-Sagha in the Fayum Province of Egypt" (PDF). Museum of Paleontology Publications. 33 (2). hdl:2027.42/163364.
^ "World Species : Cordichelys". worldspecies.org. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
^ "New study describes two new turtle specimens discovered from Wadi Al Hitan ("Valley of the Whales") | U-M LSA Museum of Paleontology". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-29.