Chelosphargis
Chelosphargis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | †Protostegidae |
Genus: | †Chelosphargis Zangerl, 1953 |
Type species | |
†Protostega advena (Hay, 1908)
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Chelosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Upper Cretaceous of Alabama. Only one species has been described, Chelosphargis advena.[1]
References[]
- ^ Zangerl, R., 1953, The Vertebrate Fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part III. The Turtles of the family Protostegidae. Part IV. The Turtles of the family Toxochelydiae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs v. 3, n. 3 and 4, p. 57-276.
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Categories:
- Late Cretaceous turtles of North America
- Protostegidae
- Extinct animals of North America
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Prehistoric turtle stubs