Biology:Proterochersidae

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Short description: Extinct family of turtles

Proterochersidae
Temporal range: Triassic, 221.5–205.6 Ma[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Proterochersidae
Nopcsa, 1928
Genera

2 genera (see text)

Synonyms
  • Murrhardtia

Proterochersidae is an extinct family of stem-turtles belonging to Testudinata.[1][2]

List of genera

There are two genera:[1]

  • Keuperotesta Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016[3] (junior synonym of Proterochersis?)[4]
    • Keuperotesta limendorsa Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016[3]
  • Proterochersis Fraas, 1913
    • Proterochersis intermedia Fraas, 1913 (synonym of P. robusta?)[3]
    • Proterochersis porebensis Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016[3]
    • Proterochersis robusta Fraas, 1913

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "†family Proterochersidae Nopcsa 1928". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=37586. 
  2. "Proterochersidae". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4818975. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Szczygielski, Tomasz; Tomasz Sulej (2016). "Revision of the Triassic European turtles Proterochersis and Murrhardtia (Reptilia, Testudinata, Proterochersidae), with the description of new taxa from Poland and Germany". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (2): 395–427. doi:10.1111/zoj.12374. 
  4. Joyce, Walter G. (2017). "A review of the fossil record of basal Mesozoic turtles". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58 (1): 65–113. doi:10.3374/014.058.0105. http://doc.rero.ch/record/288659/files/joy_rfm.pdf. 

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