New sea turtle from the Miocene of Peru and iterative evolution of feeding ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous

J. F. Parham, and N. D. Pyenson

2010

Article

Journal of Paleontology 84(2):231-247

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Mexichelys
• Pacifichelys
• Pacifichelys urbinai
• Pancheloniidae
• Panchelonioidea

Taxonomy:

• Euclastes coahuilaensis belongs to Euclastes - Brinkman et al. (2009)
• Panchelonioidea belongs to Cryptodira - Parham and Pyenson (2010)
• Mexichelys belongs to Panchelonioidea - Parham and Pyenson (2010)
• Pancheloniidae belongs to Chelonioidea - Parham and Pyenson (2010)
• Osteopyginae belongs to Pancheloniidae - Parham and Pyenson (2010)
• Pacifichelys belongs to Pancheloniidae - Parham and Pyenson (2010)
• Pacifichelys urbinai belongs to Pacifichelys - Parham and Pyenson (2010)
• Pacifichelys hutchisoni belongs to Pacifichelys - Parham and Pyenson (2010)