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