Emarginachelys
Genus of turtles
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Emarginachelys cretacea is a turtle belonging to the group Cryptodira, known from well preserved fossils from the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous of Montana.[1] Its exact phylogenetic position within Cryptodira is uncertain; different authors considered it to be either the earliest described chelydrid[2][3] or a fossil relative of kinosternoids.[4][5][6]
| Emarginachelys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Americhelydia |
| Genus: | †Emarginachelys Whetstone, 1978 |
| Species: | †E. cretacea |
| Binomial name | |
| †Emarginachelys cretacea Whetstone, 1978 | |
