Allopleuron
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| Allopleuron Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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| File:Allopleuron hoffmani.JPG | |
| Fossil specimen, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Subfamily: | †Allopleuroninae |
| Generia: | †Allopleuron |
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Allopleuron hofmanni was a giant primitive sea turtle, now extinct. It is a basal member of the superfamily Chelonioidea closely related to Toxochelys.[2]
File:Allopleuron hoffmanni 87.JPG
Top view
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