Protostegidae

Archelon ischyros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelonioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Pantestudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Chelonioidea

Familia: †Protostegidae
Genera: Archelon – Bouliachelys – Calcarichelys – Chelosphargis – Cratochelone – Desmatochelys – Iserosaurus – Notochelone – Protostega – Rhinochelys – Santanachelys – Terlinguachelys – ?Atlantochelys

Name

• Protostegidae Cope, 1872

References

• Hirayama, R. 1998: Oldest known sea turtle. Nature, 392 (6677): 705–708. DOI: 10.1038/33669 PDF
• Hooks, G.E., III 1998: Systematic revision of the Protostegidae, with a redescription of Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl, 1953. Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 18 (1): 85–98. JSTOR
• Kear, B.P.; Lee, M.S.Y. 2006: A primitive protostegid from Australia and early sea turtle evolution. Biology letters, 2 (1): 116–119. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0406
• Lehman, T.M.; Tomlinson, S.L. 2004: Terlinguachelys fischbecki, a new genus and species of sea turtle (Chelonioidea: Protostegidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of paleontology, 78 (6): 1163–1178. DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<1163:TFANGA>2.0.CO;2 PDF

Vernacular names

• 日本語: プロトステガ科
• 中文: 原蓋龜科

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