Protochelydra

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

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

Protochelydra zangerli

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  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" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (2): 306–318. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[306:AROSPK]2.0.CO;2.
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