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DESMATOCHELYIDAE



-Distribution of Animal Family Through Time-

 [-Local Fossils-]   [-Range of Family-]
ERA:
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
PERIOD:
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleocene
Neocene
Pleistocene
RANGE:
 


-Taxonomy-

     Kingdom              Metazoa
      Phylum              Chordata
       Class              Reptilia
        Subclass          Anapsida
         Order            Chelonia
-Genera-

  • Desmatochelys
-Summary-

Diet:
  • Plants
  • Soft Invertebrates?
Habitat:
  • Marine
Material:
  • Partial Lower Jaw & Skeleton
  • Lower Jaw & Neck Vertebrae
  • Isolated Bones
-Portrait-


   Desmatochelys belongs to this family of marine turtles. Its remains, which include a large variety of skull and skeletal elements, has been recovered from Campanian sites along both the Puntledge and Trent Rivers.
-Fossil Material-

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