Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Synonym: Notochelys Owen 1882 [replaced name]
Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Note on some points in the nomenclature of fossil reptiles and amphibians, with preliminary notices of two new species. Geological Magazine, decade 3 6:325-326
Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014
See also Bardet et al. 2013, Hirayama 1995, Lydekker 1889, Lydekker 1889, Nicholls 1992, Poropat et al. 2023 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archelon, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Cratochelone, Desmatochelys, Pneumatoarthrus, Protostega, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys
Subtaxa: Notochelone costata
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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