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†family Proterochersidae Nopcsa 1928 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Proterochersidae

Parent taxon: Testudinata according to T. Szczygielski and D. Dróżdż 2026

See also Carroll 1988, Czepiński et al. 2021, Gaffney et al. 2006, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Li et al. 2008 and Szczygielski and Sulej 2016

Sister taxa: Amblypus, Ancyropus, Aplax oberndorferi, Athecae, Australochelyidae, Australochelys, Chelonipedidae, Chelycarapookus, Chelycarapookus arcuatus, Chelys blakii, Chengyuchelyidae, Chengyuchelys, Emydhipus, Emys neumayri, Emys paranensis, Eunotosauria, Heckerochelyidae, Helcura, Helochelydridae, Kallokibotion, Megasternon, Mesochelydia, Mongolochelyidae, Odontochelydia, Palaeochersis, Pappochelydia, Paracryptodira, Perichelydia, Platemys sehuensis, Platycheloides, Proganochelyidae, Proganochelys, Protochelys, Saltosauropus, Siamochelys, Testudines, Testudinites, Testudo elata, Testudo stricklandi, Testudofiexoolithidae, Testudoolithidae, Thalassochelydia, Thecophora, Tretosternon punctatum, Trionyx mammillaris

Subtaxa: Chinlechelys Cryptochersis Keuperotesta Proterochersis Thaichelys

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Type: Proterochersis

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (3 collections), Greenland (1), Poland (2), Thailand (3)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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