Atlantochelys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of turtles}}

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| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous, {{fossilrange|83}}

| image = Atlantochelys.jpg

| image_caption = Fossil humerus

| genus = Atlantochelys

| parent_authority = Leidy, 1865

| species = mortoni

| authority = Leidy, 1865

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File:Atlantochelys humerus.jpg

Atlantochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. For 163 years, only a partial humerus was known, but the second part of the same bone was found in 2012.Parris, D., Schein, J., Daeschler, E., Gilmore, E., Poole, J., Pellegrini, R. Two halves make a holotype: two hundred years between discoveries. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163. ISSN 0097-3157.{{Cite web|url=http://phys.org/news/2014-03-paleontologists-giant-turtle-bone-fossil.html|title = Paleontologists assemble giant turtle bone from fossil discoveries made centuries apart}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26717415|title = Monster turtle fossils re-united|work = BBC News|date = 25 March 2014}} The full size has been extrapolated as being {{cvt|3|m|ft}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.livescience.com/44345-missing-fossil-reveals-giant-sea-turtle.html|first=Wynne|last=Parry|date=March 25, 2014|title=Missing Half of Bone Reveals Prehistoric Sea Giant|website=LiveScience|access-date=December 23, 2018}}