Asmodochelys
| Asmodochelys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | †Ctenochelyidae |
| Genus: | † Gentry, Ebersole & Kiernan, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Asmodochelys parhami Gentry, Ebersole & Kiernan, 2019
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Asmodochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle which lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian). Two species are known from the southern United States: A. parhami from the Demopolis Chalk and A. leviathan from the Neylandville Marl.[1][2]
References
- ^ Gentry, Andrew D.; Ebersole, Jun A.; Kiernan, Caitlin R. (18 December 2019). "Asmodochelys parhami , a new fossil marine turtle from the Campanian Demopolis Chalk and the stratigraphic congruence of competing marine turtle phylogenies". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (12): 191950. Bibcode:2019RSOS....691950G. doi:10.1098/rsos.191950. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 6936288. PMID 31903219.
- ^ Smith, H. F.; Adrian, B.; Kline, P. (2025). "A novel marine turtle (Pan-Chelonioidea: Ctenochelyidae) from the Maastrichtian Neylandville Marl Formation of north central Texas, U.S.A". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 144. 23. doi:10.1186/s13358-025-00363-8.