Allopleuron
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Allopleuron Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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| Fossil specimen, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Americhelydia |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Subfamily: | †Allopleuroninae |
| Genus: | †Allopleuron |
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†Allopleuron hofmanni (Gray, 1831) |
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Allopleuron hofmanni was a giant primitive sea turtle, now extinct. It is a basal member of the superfamily Chelonioidea closely related to Toxochelys.
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