†Cratochelone Longman 1915 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Full reference: H. A. Longman. 1915. On a giant turtle from the Queensland Lower Cretaceous. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3:24-29
Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to B. P. Kear 2006
See also Longman 1915, Poropat et al. 2023 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archelon, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Desmatochelys, Notochelone, Pneumatoarthrus, Protostega, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys
Subtaxa: Cratochelone berneyi
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cratochelone type, Sylvania Station [PROXY] (Cretaceous of Australia)
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