Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Full reference: R. Hirayama. 1998. Oldest known sea turtle. Nature 392:705-708
Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Bardet et al. 2013, Hirayama 1998, Joyce 2007, Joyce et al. 2004, Mateus et al. 2009, Oliveira and Romano 2007, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013 and Puntener et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Archelon, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Cratochelone, Desmatochelys, Notochelone, Pneumatoarthrus, Protostega, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Terlinguachelys
Subtaxa: Santanachelys gaffneyi
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Santana do Cariri (general) (Cretaceous of Brazil)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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