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Colossochelys

Megalochelys
Temporal range: Miocene-
Colossochelys atlas.jpg
M. atlas skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Megalochelys
Falconer & Cautley, 1837
Synonyms
  • Colossochelys Falconer & Cautley, 1844

Megalochelys is an extinct genus of cryptodiran turtle which lived from the Miocene to , across Asia and possibly East Europe.

This fossil genus is the original and valid name for what has often been called Colossochelys. It contains two named species with several unnamed taxa.


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