†Porthochelys Williston 1901 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Alternative spelling: Portochelys
Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1901. A new turtle from the Kansas Cretaceous. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science 17:195-199
Parent taxon: Toxochelyidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1905, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1988 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Cynocercus, Glyptops belviderensis, Lophochelyinae, Macrobaeninae, Osteopyginae, Toxochelyinae
Subtaxa: Porthochelys laticeps
Type: Porthochelys laticeps
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Porthochelys type locality (Cretaceous of Kansas)
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