†Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl 1953 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part III. The turtles of the family Protostegidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(3):63-133
Belongs to Calcarichelys according to J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones 1981
See also Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CNHM PR129, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Burkville locality, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alabama collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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