Gomphochelys is an extinct genus of dermatemydid that lived in Wyoming during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. It is known from a single species, G. nanus.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Dermatemydidae |
| Genus: | †Gomphochelys Bourque et. al., 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Gomphochelys nanus | |
References
edit- ^ Bourque, Jason R.; Howard Hutchison, J.; Holroyd, Patricia A.; Bloch, Jonathan I. (4 March 2015). "A new dermatemydid (Testudines, Kinosternoidea) from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Willwood Formation, southeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (2): e905481. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.905481. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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