Ctenochelys
| Ctenochelys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Ctenochelys stenoporus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Ctenochelyidae |
| Genus: | †Ctenochelys Zangerl, 1953 |
| Type species | |
| †Ctenochelys stenoporus | |
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Ctenochelys (meaning "comb tortoise") is an extinct genus of marine turtle (Cryptodira, Ctenochelyidae), which existed during the Cretaceous period, and lived in the shallow waters of the Western Interior Seaway. Its fossils have been found in the Ripley Formation and Mooreville Chalk of central Alabama, United States. It was first named by C. H. Sternberg in 1904, and contains two species, C. stenoporus and C. acris.