Glossochelys
| Glossochelys Temporal range: Eocene, | |
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| Humerus seen from above and skull seen from behind | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Genus: | †Glossochelys Seeley, 1871 |
| Species: | †G. planimentum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Glossochelys planimentum Owen, 1842 | |
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Glossochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtles from the Pancheloniidae that has been discovered in Eocene (Ypresian) deposits in Harwich, England (London Clay Formation) that was first described as a species of Lytoloma in 1842. The type species, G. planimentum, was described as a separate species in 1871 by Harry Seeley. It was possibly the same animal as Euclastes or Erquelinnesia.