Notochelone

Notochelone is an extinct genus of sea turtle, which existed about 100 million years ago.^[1] The species was first described by Richard Owen in 1882 as Notochelys costata. It was renamed by Richard Lydekker in 1889.^[2][3] It was the most common marine reptile living in the inlands of the sea around Queensland, Australia.^[4] It was small turtle with carapace less than 1 metre (3.3 ft).^[5][1] Analytical studies have indicated that the creatures frequently ate benthic molluscs.^[6]

Notochelone Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 109–99 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type specimen, partial carapace
Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	†Protostegidae
Genus:	†Notochelone Lydekker, 1889
Type species
†Notochelys costata Owen, 1882
Synonyms
Notochelys Owen, 1882 (preoccupied)