Emarginachelys

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Emarginachelys Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Chelydridae Genus: †Emarginachelys Species: †E. cretacea

Emarginachelys cretacea is the earliest described chelydrid, known from well preserved fossils from the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous of Montana.