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Notochelone

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
Cryptodira

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Testudines

Clade
  
Americhelydia

Notochelone

Notochelone is an extinct genus of sea turtle, which existed about 100 million years ago. The species was first described by Richard Lydekker in 1889. It was the most common marine reptile living in the inlands of the sea around Queensland, Australia. It was a small turtle, and was about the same size as the modern green turtle. Analytical studies have indicated that the creatures frequently ate benthic molluscs.

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Notochelone Wikipedia