Notochelone

Notochelone is an extinct genus of sea turtle, which existed about 100 million years ago.[1] The species was first described by Richard Lydekker in 1889.[2] It was the most common marine reptile living in the inlands of the sea around Queensland, Australia.[3] It was a small turtle, and was about the same size as the modern green turtle.[1] Analytical studies have indicated that the creatures frequently ate benthic molluscs.[4]

Notochelone
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 109–99 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: †Protostegidae
Genus: †Notochelone
Lydekker, 1889
Type species
†Notochelonys costata
Owen, 1882
Synonyms

References
  1. www.kronosaurus.com.au Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
  2. paleodb.org Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
  3. www.qm.qld.gov.au Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
  4. Kear, B. P. (2006). "First gut contents in a Cretaceous sea turtle". Biology Letters. 2 (1): 113–115. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0374. PMC 1617194. PMID 17148341.


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