Toxochelys

Toxochelys
Temporal range:
Coniacian to Maastrichtian
Fossil specimen, Houston Museum of Natural Science
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Panchelonioidea
Family: †Toxochelyidae
Baur, 1895
Genus: †Toxochelys
Cope, 1873
Species
  • T. latiremis Cope, 1873 (type)
  • T. moorevillensis Zangerl, 1953

Toxochelys (/tɒksəˈkɛliːz, tɒksoʊ-, -lɪs/) is an extinct genus of marine turtle from the Late Cretaceous period. It is the most commonly found fossilized turtle species in the Smoky Hill Chalk, in western Kansas.

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