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Adocus sengokuensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Teppei Sonoda |author2=Ren Hirayama |author3=Yoshihiko Okazaki |author4=Hisao Ando |year=2015 |title=A New Species of the Genus Adocus (Adocidae, Testudines) from the Lower Cretaceous of Southwest Japan |journal=Paleontological Research |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=26–32 |doi=10.2517/2014PR026 |s2cid=130008038 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Sonoda et al.
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Early Cretaceous
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Sengoku Formation
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A species of Adocus.
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Arvinachelys[{{Cite journal|author =Joshua R. Lively |year=2015 |title=A new species of baenid turtle from the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of southern Utah |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=6 |pages=e1009084 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1009084 |s2cid=83687743 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_new_species_of_baenid_turtle_from_the_Kaiparowits_Formation_Upper_Cretaceous_Campanian_of_southern_Utah/1581499 |url-access=subscription }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Lively
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
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Kaiparowits Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of Baenidae. The type species is Arvinachelys goldeni.
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Bairdemys thalassica[{{Cite journal|author1=Gabriel S. Ferreira |author2=Ascanio D. Rincón |author3=Andrés Solórzano |author4=Max C. Langer |year=2015 |title=The last marine pelomedusoids (Testudines: Pleurodira): a new species of Bairdemys and the paleoecology of Stereogenyina |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |page=e1063 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1063 |pmid=26157628 |pmc=4493680 |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Ferreira et al.
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Miocene
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Capadare Formation
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{{Flag|Venezuela}}
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A podocnemidid belonging to the clade Stereogenyina, a species of Bairdemys.
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Baltemys velogastros[{{Cite journal|author1=Asher J. Lichtig |author2=Spencer G. Lucas |year=2015 |title=Turtles of the Eocene Huerfano Formation, Raton Basin, Colorado |journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=67 |pages=153–160 |url=https://www.academia.edu/14986414 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Lichtig & Lucas
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Eocene (early Bridgerian)
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Huerfano Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of Kinosternidae, a species of Baltemys.
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Corsochelys bentleyi[{{cite book |author1=David R. Schwimmer |author2=Albert E. Sanders |author3=Bruce R. Erickson |author4=Robert E. Weems |title=A Late Cretaceous Dinosaur and Reptile Assemblage from South Carolina, USA |publisher=American Philosophical Society Press |pages=1–157 |year=2015 |isbn=9781606180525 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Schwimmer et al.
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Late Cretaceous
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of Dermochelyidae, a species of Corsochelys.
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Desmatochelys padillai[{{Cite journal|author1=Edwin A. Cadena |author2=James F. Parham |year=2015 |title=Oldest known marine turtle? A new protostegid from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia |journal=PaleoBios |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=1–42 |url=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/147611bv }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Cadena & Parham
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Early Cretaceous (late Barremian-early Aptian)
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Paja Formation
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{{Flag|Colombia}}
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A member of Protostegidae, species of Desmatochelys.
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File:TORTUGA.jpg]] |
Gaffneylania[{{Cite journal|author =Juliana Sterli |author2=Marcelo S. de la Fuente |author3=J. Marcelo Krause |year=2015 |title=A new turtle from the Palaeogene of Patagonia (Argentina) sheds new light on the diversity and evolution of the bizarre clade of horned turtles (Meiolaniidae, Testudinata) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=174 |issue=3 |pages=519–548 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12252 |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/41594 |hdl-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Sterli, de la Fuente & Krause
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Middle Eocene
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Sarmiento Formation
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{{Flag|Argentina}}
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A member of Meiolaniidae. The type species is Gaffneylania auricularis.
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Gobiapalone palaeocenica[{{Cite journal|author1=Igor G. Danilov |author2=Vladimir B. Sukhanov |author3=Ekaterina M. Obraztsova |author4=Natasha S. Vitek |year=2015 |title=The First Reliable Record of Trionychid Turtles in the Paleocene of Asia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=407–412 |doi=10.1134/S0031030115040061 |s2cid=131496175 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Danilov et al.
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Paleocene
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Bugin Tsav Basin
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{{Flag|Mongolia}}
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A member of Trionychidae, a species of Gobiapalone. The genus Gobiapalone was considered to be a junior synonym of the genus Kuhnemys by Georgalis & Joyce (2017), though the authors maintained G. palaeocenica as a distinct species within the latter genus.[{{cite journal |author1=Georgios L. Georgalis |author2=Walter G. Joyce |year=2017 |title=A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=115–208 |doi=10.3374/014.058.0106 |s2cid=89732695 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/288660/files/joy_rfr.pdf }}]
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Gomphochelys[{{Cite journal|author1=Jason R. Bourque |author2=J. Howard Hutchison |author3=Patricia A. Holroyd |author4=Jonathan I. Bloch |year=2015 |title=A new dermatemydid (Testudines, Kinosternoidea) from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Willwood Formation, southeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=e905481 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.905481 |s2cid=85576289 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1314134 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Bourque et al.
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Early Wasatchian
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Willwood Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of Dermatemydidae. The type species is Gomphochelys nanus.
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Judithemys russelli[{{cite book |author =Donald B. Brinkman |year=2015 |chapter=Judithemys russelli sp. nov., a new "macrobaenid" turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada |editor1=O.R.P. Bininda-Emonds |editor2=G.L. Powell |editor3=H.A. Jamniczky |editor4=A.M. Bauer |editor5=J. Theodor |title=All animals are interesting: a Festschrift in honour of Anthony P. Russell |publisher=BIS Verlag |pages=107–119 |isbn=978-3-8142-2324-7 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Brinkman
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Late Cretaceous
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{{Flag|Canada}}
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A member of (likely non-monophyletic) Macrobaenidae, a species of Judithemys.
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Jurassichelon[{{Cite journal|author =A. Pérez-García |year=2015 |title=New data on the poorly-known Late Jurassic European turtles Thalassemys and Enaliochelys and description of a new basal eucryptodiran taxon |journal=Journal of Iberian Geology |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=21–30 |doi=10.5209/rev_JIGE.2015.v41.n1.48652 |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Pérez-García
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Late Jurassic (early Tithonian)
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{{Flag|France}}
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A basal member of Eucryptodira. The type species is Jurassichelon oleronensis.
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Khunnuchelys lophorhothon[{{Cite journal|author1=Igor G. Danilov |author2=Natasha S. Vitek |author3=Alexander O. Averianov |author4=Vadim N. Glinskiy |year=2015 |title=A new softshelled trionychid turtle of the genus Khunnuchelys from the Upper Cretaceous Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=155–161 |doi=10.4202/app.2013.0045 |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Danilov et al.
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian or early Campanian)
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Bostobe Formation
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{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
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A trionychine trionychid, a species of Khunnuchelys.
|File:Khunnuchelys_lophorhothon_holotype_skull.png |
Kimurachelys[{{cite journal |author1=Donald B. Brinkman |author2=Michael Densmore |author3=Márton Rabi |author4=Michael J. Ryan |author5=David C. Evans |year=2015 |title=Marine turtles from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=52 |issue=8 |pages=581–589 |doi=10.1139/cjes-2014-0189 |bibcode=2015CaJES..52..581B }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Brinkman et al.
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Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)
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Dinosaur Park Formation
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{{Flag|Canada}}
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A chelonioid turtle. The type species is Kimurachelys slobodae.
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Leyvachelys[{{Cite journal|author =Edwin Cadena |year=2015 |title=The first South American sandownid turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |page=e1431 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1431 |pmid=26713227 |pmc=4690369 |doi-access=free }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Cadena
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Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian)
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Glen Rose Formation
Paja Formation
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{{Flag|Colombia}}
{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of Pan-Cryptodira belonging to the family Sandownidae. The type species is Leyvachelys cipadi.
|File:Leyvachelys_cipadi_-_Paja_Formation,_Colombia.jpg |
Mauremys oshiroi[{{Cite journal |author =Takahashi, Akio |author2=Hiroyuki Otsuka |author3=Hidetoshi Ota |year=2015 |title=A new species of the genus Mauremys (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Miyakojima Island, Ryukyus Archipelago, Japan |journal=Current Herpetology |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=149–163 |doi=10.5358/hsj.34.149|s2cid=84023431 }}]
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Sp. nov.
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Valid
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Takahashi et al.
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Late Pleistocene
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Tomori Amaga Cave
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{{Flag|Japan}}
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A pond turtle.
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Neurankylus hutchisoni[{{Cite journal|author =Joshua R. Lively |year=2015 |title=Baenid turtles of the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of southern Utah, USA |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=14 |issue=11 |pages=891–918 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2015.1120788 |s2cid=130247066 }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Lively
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
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Kaiparowits Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of Baenidae, a species of Neurankylus.
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Neurankylus utahensis|
Sp. nov
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Valid
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Lively
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
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Kaiparowits Formation
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A member of Baenidae, a species of Neurankylus.
|File:Neurankylus_shells.jpg |
Perochelys[{{Cite journal|author1=Lu Li |author2=Walter G. Joyce |author3=Jun Liu |year=2015 |title=The first soft-shelled turtle from the Jehol Biota of China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=e909450 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.909450 |s2cid=55903597 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/255856/files/joy_fsh.pdf }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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Valid
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Li, Joyce & Liu
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Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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Jiufotang Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A soft-shelled turtle of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a stem- or a crown-trionychid. The type species is Perochelys lamadongensis.
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Phunoichelys[{{Cite journal|author1=Haiyan Tong |author2=Wilailuck Naksri |author3=Eric Buffetaut |author4=Varavudh Suteethorn |author5=Suravech Suteethorn |author6=Uthumporn Deesri |author7=Saitong Sila |author8=Phornphen Chanthasit |author9=Julien Claude |s2cid=55028418 |year=2015 |title=A new primitive eucryptodiran turtle from the Upper Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation of the Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=152 |issue=1 |pages=166–175 |doi=10.1017/S0016756814000223 |bibcode=2015GeoM..152..166T }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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Valid
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Tong et al.
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Late Jurassic
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Phu Kradung Formation
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{{Flag|Thailand}}
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A xinjiangchelyid eucryptodiran. The type species is Phunoichelys thirakhupti.
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Portlandemys gracilis[{{Cite journal|author1=Jérémy Anquetin |author2=Christian Püntener |author3=Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat |year=2015 |title=Portlandemys gracilis n. sp., a New Coastal Marine Turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland) and a Reconsideration of Plesiochelyid Cranial Anatomy |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=6 |page=e0129193 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0129193 |pmid=26106888 |pmc=4480851|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1029193A |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov.
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Valid
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Anquetin, Püntener & Billon-Bruyat
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Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian)
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Reuchenette Formation
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{{Flag|Switzerland}}
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A plesiochelyid eucryptodiran, a species of Portlandemys.
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Sternotherus bonevalleyensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Jason R. Bourque |author2=Blaine W. Schubert |year=2015 |title=Fossil musk turtles (Kinosternidae, Sternotherus) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of Tennessee and Florida |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=e885441 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2014.885441 |s2cid=86840420 }}]
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Sp. nov.
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Valid
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Bourque & Schubert
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Late Hemphillian
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A musk turtle.
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Sternotherus palaeodorus|
Sp. nov.
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Valid
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Bourque & Schubert
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Late Hemphillian
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{{Flag|United States}}
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A musk turtle.
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Taraschelon[{{Cite journal|first =Adán |last=Pérez-García |year=2015 |title=A new genus for {{' }}Testudo{{' }} gigas, the largest European Paleogene testudinid |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=e1030024 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2015.1030024 |s2cid=86155368 }}]
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Gen. et comb. nov
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Valid
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Pérez-García
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Early Oligocene
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{{Flag|France}}
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A tortoise; a new genus for "Testudo" gigas Bravard (1844).
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Testudo brevitesta[{{cite journal |author1=Evangelos Vlachos |author2=Evangelia Tsoukala |year=2015 |title=The diverse fossil chelonians from Milia (late Pliocene, Grevena, Greece) with a new species of Testudo Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines: Testudinidae) |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=71–86 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1031 |s2cid=86262858 |hdl=11336/42468 |hdl-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Vlachos & Tsoukala
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Late Pliocene (early Villafranchian)
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{{Flag|Greece}}
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A tortoise, a species of Testudo.
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Thalassemys bruntrutana[{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Püntener |author2=Jérémy Anquetin |author3=Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat |year=2015 |title=Thalassemys bruntrutana n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland), and the paleobiogeography of the Thalassemydidae |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |page=e1282 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1282 |pmid=26468437 |pmc=4592157 |doi-access=free }}]
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Sp. nov
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Valid
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Püntener, Anquetin & Billon-Bruyat
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Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian)
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Reuchenette Formation
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{{Flag|Switzerland}}
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A basal member of Pancryptodira, a species of Thalassemys.
|File:Thalassemys_bruntrutana.jpg |
Toremys[{{Cite journal|author1=A. Pérez-García |author2=E. Espílez |author3=L. Mampel |author4=L. Alcalá |year=2015 |title=A new European Albian turtle that extends the known stratigraphic range of the Pleurosternidae (Paracryptodira) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=55 |pages=74–83 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.02.007 }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov.
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Valid
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Pérez-García et al.
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Early Cretaceous (early Albian)
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{{Flag|Spain}}
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A pleurosternid paracryptodiran. The type species is Toremys cassiopeia.
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"Trionyx" jixiensis[{{Cite journal|author1=Lu Li |author2=Haiyan Tong |author3=Wei Gu |author4=Jun Liu |year=2015 |title=A new trionychid turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Heilongjiang Province, Northeastern China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=56 |pages=155–160 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.04.013 }}]
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Sp. nov.
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Valid
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Li et al.
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Early Cretaceous
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Chengzihe Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of Trionychinae of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
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Xiaochelys[{{Cite journal|author1=Chang-Fu Zhou |author2=Márton Rabi |year=2015 |title=A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol Biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=5 |pages=Article number 16299 |doi=10.1038/srep16299 |pmid=26553740 |pmc=4639786|bibcode=2015NatSR...516299Z }}]
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Gen. et sp. nov
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Valid
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Zhou & Rabi
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Early Cretaceous (Barremian-early Aptian)
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Yixian Formation
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{{Flag|China}}
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A member of Sinemydidae. The type species is Xiaochelys ningchengensis.
|File:Xiaochelys_ningchengensis.jpg |
