Reptilia - Testudines - Panchelydridae
Parent taxon: Panchelydridae according to W. G. Joyce 2016
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Brinkman 2013, Carroll 1988, Danilov and Parham 2008, Holroyd et al. 2001, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Hutchison 1992, Hutchison 2008 and Hutchison and Pasch 2004
Sister taxa: Denverus, Hoplochelys caelata
Subtaxa: Protochelydra zangerli
Type: Protochelydra zangerli
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Paleocene of Canada (4: Alberta), United States (2: Colorado, North Dakota)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (6: North Dakota)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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