Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Alternative combination: Desmatochelys lowi
Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1894. A new turtle from the Benton Cretaceous. University of Kansas Quarterly 3:5-19
Belongs to Desmatochelys according to D. K. Elliott et al. 1997
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Nicholls 1992 and Williston 1894
Sister taxon: Desmatochelys padillai
Type specimen: KUVP 1200, a partial skeleton (Skull, some limb bones and parts of the shell). Its type locality is near Fairbury (Desmatochelys type locality), which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in the Benton Shale Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Mexico (1), United States (4: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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