Dinochelys
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Dinochelys Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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| Shell of D. whitei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
| Family: | †Pleurosternidae |
| Genus: |
†Dinochelys Gaffney, 1979 |
| Species: |
†D. whitei
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| Binomial name | |
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†Dinochelys whitei Gaffney, 1979
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Dinochelys (from a reference to the Dinosaur National Monument Visitor Center and Greek chelys, turtle) is an extinct genus of paracryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation.