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: Protostegidae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014
See also Bardet et al. 2013, Carroll 1988, Hirayama 1995, Hooks 1998, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Weems 1988 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Archelon, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Cratochelone, Desmatochelys, Notochelone, Pneumatoarthrus, Protostega, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys
Subtaxa: Chelosphargis advena
Type: Chelosphargis advena
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Alabama, Kansas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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