Chelosphargis

Chelosphargis
Chelosphargis
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Amniota
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Family: Protostegidae
Genus: Chelosphargis
Zangerl, 1953
Species: C. advena
Binomial name
Chelosphargis advena
(Hay, 1908)
Synonyms

Prostostega advena Hay, 1908

Chelosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Upper Cretaceous of Alabama. Only one species is descript, Chelosphargis advena.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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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