Protochelydra

Protochelydra
Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Chelydridae
Genus: Protochelydra
Species

Protochelydra zangerli

Protochelydra zangerli is an extinct species of chelydid in the extinct genus Protochelydra of Chelydridae.[1]

References

  1. Danilov G. and J. F. Parham. (2008). A reassessment of some poorly known turtles from the Middle Jurassic of China, with comments on the antiquity of extant turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):306-318


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