Protosphargis

Protosphargis

Taxobox
name = "Protosphargis"



fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
status = fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Testudines
subordo = Cryptodira
superfamilia = Chelonioidea
genus = "Protosphargis"

"Protosphargis" is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Italy. It was first named by Capellini in 1884.

ources

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=37694&is_real_user=0 "Protosphargis"] at the Paleobiology Database
* "The Journal of geology" By Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, University of Chicago Dept. of Geology, University of Chicago Dept. of Geology and Paleontology. Page 726.


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