Biology:Protochelydra

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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles

Protochelydra
Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Early Eocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Chelydridae
Genus: Protochelydra
Erickson 1973
Species

Protochelydra zangerli

Protochelydra zangerli is an extinct species of chelydid in the extinct genus Protochelydra of Chelydridae.[1][2]

References

  1. Erickson, B. R. (1973). "A new chelydrid turtle Protochelydra zangerli from the late Paleocene of North America". Sci. Publ. Sci. Mus. Minn.. N.S. 2 (2): 1–16. 
  2. Danilov, G.; Parham, J. F. (2008). "A reassessment of some poorly known turtles from the Middle Jurassic of China, with comments on the antiquity of extant turtles". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (2): 306–318. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[306:AROSPK2.0.CO;2]. http://doc.rero.ch/record/200181/files/PAL_E3907.pdf. 

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