Atlantochelys Knowpia

Atlantochelys; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 83 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil humerus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	†Protostegidae
Genus:	†Atlantochelys; Leidy, 1865
Species:	†A. mortoni
Binomial name
	†Atlantochelys mortoni; Leidy, 1865

Atlantochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. For 163 years, only a partial humerus was known, but the second part of the same bone was found in 2012.^[1]^[2]^[3] The full size has been extrapolated as being 3 m (9.8 ft).^[4]

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^ Parris, D., Schein, J., Daeschler, E., Gilmore, E., Poole, J., Pellegrini, R. Two halves make a holotype: two hundred years between discoveries. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163. ISSN 0097-3157.
^ "Paleontologists assemble giant turtle bone from fossil discoveries made centuries apart".
^ "Monster turtle fossils re-united". BBC News. 25 March 2014.
^ Parry, Wynne (March 25, 2014). "Missing Half of Bone Reveals Prehistoric Sea Giant". LiveScience. Retrieved December 23, 2018.

[1] Parris, D., Schein, J., Daeschler, E., Gilmore, E., Poole, J., Pellegrini, R. Two halves make a holotype: two hundred years between discoveries. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163. ISSN 0097-3157.

[2] "Paleontologists assemble giant turtle bone from fossil discoveries made centuries apart".

[3] "Monster turtle fossils re-united". BBC News. 25 March 2014.

[4] Parry, Wynne (March 25, 2014). "Missing Half of Bone Reveals Prehistoric Sea Giant". LiveScience. Retrieved December 23, 2018.

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