Kimurachelys is an extinct genus of chelonioid that inhabited Alberta during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch. It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, K. slobodae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Genus: | †Kimurachelys Brinkman et. al., 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Kimurachelys slobodae | |
References
edit- ^ Brinkman, Donald B.; Densmore, Michael; Rabi, Márton; Ryan, Michael J.; Evans, David C. (5 August 2015). Henderson, Don (ed.). "Marine turtles from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 52 (8): 581–589. doi:10.1139/cjes-2014-0189. ISSN 0008-4077. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Canadian Science Publishing.