Mexichelys

Mexichelys is an extinct monotypic genus of sea turtle which lived in Mexico during the Cretaceous. The only species is Mexichelys coahuilaensis.^[1] Mexichelys was erected in 2010 as a replacement name for Euclastes coahuilaensis, a species named in 2009.^[2]

Mexichelys Temporal range: Late Campanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Cheloniidae
Genus:	Mexichelys Parham & Pyenson, 2010
Species
M. coahuilaensis (Brinkman et al., 2009) (type)
Synonyms
Euclastes coahuilaensis Brinkman et al., 2009

Cladogram based on Lynch and Parham (2003)^[3] and Parham and Pyenson (2010):^[1]

Cheloniidae sensu lato	Toxochelys Mexichelys Lophochelyinae Euclastes Argillochelys Eochelone Erquelinnesla Pacifichelys Puppigerus Cheloniidae sensu stricto