Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. [A brief account of the expedition of seventeen days, which I have just made in the valley of the Smoky Hill river in Kansas]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):174-176
Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to E. A. Cadena and J. F. Parham 2015
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hirayama 1995, Hooks 1998, Mateus et al. 2012, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1988, Wieland 1900, Wieland 1909 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Archelon, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Cratochelone, Desmatochelys, Notochelone, Pneumatoarthrus, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys
Subtaxa: Protostega eaglefordensis Protostega gigas
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Canada (1: Manitoba), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (11: Alabama, Kansas, Texas)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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