Ctenochelys

Ctenochelys
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 89–70 Ma
Ctenochelys stenoporus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: †Ctenochelyidae
Genus: †Ctenochelys
Zangerl, 1953
Type species
†C. stenoporus
Species
  • †C. stenoporus
  • †C. acris

Ctenochelys (meaning "comb tortoise") is an extinct genus of marine turtle (Cryptodira, Pancheloniidae), which existed during the Cretaceous period, and lived in the shallow waters of the Western Interior Seaway.[1] Its fossils have been found in the Ripley Formation and Mooreville Chalk of central Alabama, United States.[2] It was first named by C. H. Sternberg in 1904,[3] and contains two species, C. stenoporus[4] and C. acris.[5]

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  2. ^ "Gary Kobylski, New Chair of MO–15 Board and State Conservationist in Alabama - Section "Things other than Dirt!"" (PDF). Charles Love, The Coastal Plainer. Fall 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  3. ^ "Marine Turtles". Mike Everhart. 2004. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  4. ^ Matzke AT (2007). "An almost complete juvenile specimen of the Cheloniid turtle Ctenochelys Stenoporus (Hay, 1905) From the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara formation of Kansas, USA". Palaeontology. 50 (3): 669–91. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00650.x.
  5. ^ Zangerl R (1953). "The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae". Fieldiana Geology Memoirs: 137–277.