Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Protochelydra zangerli

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Protochelydra zangerli was named by Erickson (1973). Its type specimen is SMM P72.34.20, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wannagan Creek Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian mire/swamp shale/shale in the Bullion Creek Formation of North Dakota. It is the type species of Protochelydra.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Protochelydra zangerli Erickson pp. 1-16
2008Protochelydra zangerli Danilov and Parham
2013Protochelydra zangerli Brinkman
2016Protochelydra zangerli Joyce

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Chelydroidea()
—PanchelydridaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusProtochelydraErickson 1973
specieszangerliErickson 1973

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Protochelydra zangerli Erickson 1973
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available