Proterochersidae
| Proterochersidae Temporal range: Triassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Proterochersidae Nopcsa, 1928 |
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2 genera (see text) | |
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Proterochersidae is an extinct family of stem-turtles belonging to Testudinata.[1][2]
List of genera
[edit]There are two genera:[1]
- Keuperotesta Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016[3] (junior synonym of Proterochersis?)[4]
- Keuperotesta limendorsa Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016[3]
- Proterochersis Fraas, 1913
- Proterochersis intermedia Fraas, 1913 (synonym of P. robusta?)[3]
- Proterochersis porebensis Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016[3]
- Proterochersis robusta Fraas, 1913
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "†family Proterochersidae Nopcsa 1928". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Proterochersidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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