Asmodochelys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of turtle}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous, {{fossilrange|Campanian|Maastrichtian|upper Campanian–lower Maastrichtian}}

| taxon = Asmodochelys

| authority = Gentry, Ebersole & Kiernan, 2019

| type_species = {{extinct}}Asmodochelys parhami

| type_species_authority = Gentry, Ebersole & Kiernan, 2019

| subdivision_ranks = Other species

| subdivision = *{{extinct}}A. leviathan
{{small|Smith, Adrian & Kline, 2025}}

| extinct = yes

}}

Asmodochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle which lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian). Two species are known from the southern United States: A. parhami from the Demopolis Chalk and A. leviathan from the Neylandville Marl.{{Cite journal |last1=Gentry |first1=Andrew D. |last2=Ebersole |first2=Jun A. |last3=Kiernan |first3=Caitlin R. |date=18 December 2019 |title=Asmodochelys parhami , a new fossil marine turtle from the Campanian Demopolis Chalk and the stratigraphic congruence of competing marine turtle phylogenies |journal=Royal Society Open Science |language=en |volume=6 |issue=12 |pages=191950 |doi=10.1098/rsos.191950 |issn=2054-5703 |pmc=6936288 |pmid=31903219 |bibcode=2019RSOS....691950G }}{{Cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=H. F. |last2=Adrian |first2=B. |last3=Kline |first3=P. |year=2025 |title=A novel marine turtle (Pan-Chelonioidea: Ctenochelyidae) from the Maastrichtian Neylandville Marl Formation of north central Texas, U.S.A |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=144 |at=23 |doi=10.1186/s13358-025-00363-8 |doi-access=free }}

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