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Dinochelys Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Shell of D. whitei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Clade:	†Paracryptodira
Family:	†Pleurosternidae
Genus:	†Dinochelys Gaffney, 1979
Species:	†D. whitei
Binomial name
†Dinochelys whitei Gaffney, 1979

Dinochelys (from a reference to the Dinosaur National Monument Visitor Center and Greek chelys, turtle) is an extinct genus of paracryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation.

See also

• Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation

References

1. Brinkman, Donald B.; Stadtman, Ken; Smith, David (2000). "New material of Dinochelys whitei Gaffney, 1979, from the Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, Jurassic) of Colorado". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (2): 269–274. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0269:NMODWG]2.0.CO;2.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Clade: Diapsida Clade: Sauria Clade: Archelosauria Sauropsida see Sauropsida Pantestudines see below↓ Pantestudines
Pantestudines †Eorhynchochelys †Eunotosaurus? †Odontochelys †Pappochelys Testudinata †Chinlechelys †Condorchelys †Eileanchelys †Heckerochelys †Indochelys †Kallokibotion †Kayentachelys †Proganochelys †Proterochersis †Spoochelys †Australochelyidae Australochelys Palaeochersis Waluchelys †Meiolaniformes Chubutemys Otwayemys Patagoniaemys Peligrochelys Trapalcochelys Meiolaniidae Gaffneylania Meiolania Ninjemys Niolamia Warkalania †Sichuanchelyidae Laurasichersis Mongolochelys Sichuanchelys †Helochelydridae Aragochersis Helochelydra Helochelys Naomichelys Solemys †Compsemydidae Berruchelus Calissounemys Compsemys Kallokibotion? Peltochelys Riodevemys? Selenemys? Tongemys †Paracryptodira Compsemydidae? Helochelydridae? Pleurosternidae Dinochelys Dorsetochelys Glyptops Pleurosternon Riodevemys? Selenemys? Toremys Uluops Baenidae Arundelemys Arvinachelys Baena Boremys Cedrobaena Chisternon Denazinemys Edowa Eubaena Gamerabaena Gehennachelys Goleremys Hayemys Lakotemys Neurankylus Palatobaena Peckemys Plesiobaena Protobaena Saxochelys Scabremys Stygiochelys Thescelus Trinitichelys †Xinjiangchelyidae Annemys Brodiechelys Camerochelys Chengyuchelys Jastmelchyi Kalasinemys Larachelus Phunoichelys Protoxinjiangchelys Shartegemys Siamochelys Tienfuchelys Undjulemys Xinjiangchelys Yanduchelys †Sinemydidae / Macrobaenidae Anatolemys Appalachemys Asiachelys Aurorachelys Changmachelys Dracochelys Gallica Galvechelone Hongkongochelys Hoyasemys Jeholochelys Judithemys Kirgizemys Liaochelys Macrobaena Manchurochelys Ordosemys Osteopygis Oxemys Sinemys Tienfucheloides Wuguia Xiaochelys Yakemys Yumenemys †Thalassochelydia (sensu Joyce et al., 2021) Aplax Cyrtura Euryaspis Hispaniachelys Neusticemys Owadowia Pelobatochelys Thalassemys Protostegidae? "Eurysternidae" Achelonia Chelonides Eurysternum Hydropelta Idiochelys Palaeomedusa Parachelys "Plesiochelyidae" Craspedochelys Globochelus Hylaeochelys? Jurassichelon? Plesiochelys Portlandemys Tropidemys Sandownidae Angolachelys Brachyopsemys Leyvachelys Sandownia Solnhofia? Testudines see Testudines
See also: Angolachelonia Ankylopoda Mesochelydia Perichelydia Category

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• Fossil taxa described in 1979
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