Protosphargis

Protosphargis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Pancheloniidae
Genus: †
Capellini, 1884

Protosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Italy. It was first named by Capellini in 1884.

Protosphargis veronensis carapace, ventral view

Sources

  • Protosphargis at the Paleobiology Database
  • The Journal of Geology By Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, University of Chicago Dept. of Geology, University of Chicago Dept. of Geology and Paleontology. Page 726.


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