Adocus

Species of the genus Adocus had flattened and smoothly contoured shells with horny sculptured plates. The shells could reach a length of at least for North American species, some species like A. kohaku had carapace length of . The largest species, A. kirtlandius had carapace reaching . These large freshwater turtles had an omnivorous diet. They lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene in North America, but in Asia, they were also present during the Oligocene. ==Distribution==

These turtles have been found in Cretaceous to Paleogene of Canada, United States, Mongolia, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. ==Species==

• Adocus agilis • Adocus aksary • Adocus beatus, type species (synonyms: A. punctatus, A. lacer) • Adocus bossi • Adocus bostobensis • Adocus dzhurtasensis • Adocus firmus • Adocus foveatus • Adocus hesperius • Adocus kirtlandius • Adocus kizylkumensis • '''' • Adocus syntheticus ==References==