Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Cope 1870 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1870. [Observations on the Reptilia of the Triassic formations of the Atlantic region of the United States]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:444-446

Belongs to Pneumatoarthrus according to O. Kuhn 1964

See also Baird 1978, Cope 1870, Cope 1870, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lull and Wright 1942, Miller 1962, Miller 1955, Rapp 1944, Russell 1930 and Steel 1970

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ANSP 9225

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pneumatoarthrus peloreus in the database

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