Desmatochelys Williston 1894 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1894. A new turtle from the Benton Cretaceous. University of Kansas Quarterly 3:5-19

Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to O. A. Lopez-Conde et al. 2019

See also Bardet et al. 2013, Cadena and Parham 2015, Carroll 1988, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014, Elliott et al. 1997, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hirayama 1995, Hooks 1998, Nicholls 1992, Nicholls and Meckert 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1988

Sister taxa: Archelon, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Cratochelone, Notochelone, Pneumatoarthrus, Protostega, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys

Subtaxa: Desmatochelys lowii Desmatochelys padillai

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Type: Desmatochelys lowii

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Colombia (2), Mexico (1), United States (4: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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