Allopleuron
| Allopleuron Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Fossil specimen, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Subfamily: | †Allopleuroninae |
| Generia: | †Allopleuron
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| Type species | |
| †Allopleuron hofmanni (Gray, 1831)[1] | |
Allopleuron hofmanni was a giant primitive sea turtle, now extinct. It is a basal member of the superfamily Chelonioidea closely related to Toxochelys.[2]
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