†Calcarichelys 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
Parent taxon: Protosteginae according to G. E. Hooks 1998
See also Carroll 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Weems 1988 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxon: Microstega
Subtaxa: Calcarichelys gemma
Type: Calcarichelys gemma
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), United States (2: Alabama)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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