Prionochelys
| Prionochelys Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Partial carapace, McWane Science Center | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Ctenochelyidae |
| Genus: | †Prionochelys |
| Species: | †P. matutina
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| Binomial name | |
| †Prionochelys matutina Zangerl, 1953
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Prionochelys is an extinct genus of pancheloniid from the Mooreville Chalk and Eutaw Formations of Alabama. It consists of a single species, P. matutina.