†Notochelone costata Owen 1882 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Alternative combination: Notochelys costata
Full reference: R. Owen. 1882. On an Extinct Chelonian Reptile (Notochelys costata, Owen), from Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 38:178-183
Belongs to Notochelone according to E. S. Gaffney 1981
See also Fordyce 1991, Lydekker 1889, Owen 1882 and Poropat et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Sydney Museum specimen (cast in BMNH R77), a partial skeleton (imperfect shell with pectoral and limb bones)
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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