Proterochersidae

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Proterochersidae
Temporal range: Triassic, 221.5–205.6 Ma[1]
Scientific classification e
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]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "†family Proterochersidae Nopcsa 1928". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Proterochersidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d 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" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (1): 65–113. doi:10.3374/014.058.0105. S2CID 54982901.


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