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Newly named turtles

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Archelon
Archelon
Archelon is a genus of extinct sea turtle, the largest that has ever been documented.-Discovery:...


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Wieland

Late Cretaceous

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A sea turtle.

Newly named ichthyosaurs

Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images

Cetarthrosaurus
Cetarthrosaurus
Cetarthrosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur known from the eastern United Kingdom. It was collected from the Cambridge Greensand Formation, dating to late Albian or early Cenomanian stage, of the Early Cretaceous-Late Cretaceous boundary. Cetarthrosaurus was first named by Harry G. Seeley in...


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Seeley
Harry Seeley
Harry Govier Seeley was a British paleontologist.-Career:Seeley was born in London, the son of Richard Hovill Seeley, goldsmith, and his second wife Mary Govier. He attended classes at the Royal School of Mines, Kensington before becoming an assistant to Adam Sedgwick at the Woodwardian Museum,...


late Albian/early Cenomanian

Cambridge Greensand Formation
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