Dinochelys
| Dinochelys Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Pleurosternidae |
| Genus: | †Dinochelys Gaffney, 1979 |
| Species: | †D. whitei |
| Binomial name | |
| Dinochelys whitei Gaffney, 1979 | |
Dinochelys (from Greek deinos -terrible- and chelys -turtle) is an extinct genus of paracryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation.
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