†Propleura Cope 1870 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235
Parent taxon: Osteopyginae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Cope 1870 and Cope 1884
Sister taxon: Rhetechelys
Subtaxa: Propleura borealis
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cream Ridge Marl Company pit (Hornerstown Fm.) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)
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