Chelosphargis

Chelosphargis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 83 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: †Protostegidae
Genus: †Chelosphargis
Zangerl, 1953
Type species
†Protostega advena
(Hay, 1908)
Species
  • †Chelosphargis advena (Hay, 1908)
Synonyms

Chelosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Upper Cretaceous of Alabama. Only one species has been described, 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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