Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Synonyms: Protostega dixie Zangerl 1953, Protostega potens Hay 1908
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. [A brief account of the expedition of seventeen days, which I have just made in the valley of the Smoky Hill river in Kansas]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):174-176
Belongs to Protostega according to I. G. Danilov et al. 2022
See also Cope 1871, Cope 1872, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Hooks 1998, Leidy 1873, Shimada and Hooks 2004, Swinton 1934, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Wieland 1909 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxon: Protostega eaglefordensis
Type specimens:
- Protostega gigas: Its type locality is near Butte Creek, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas
- Protostega dixie: CNHM P27314, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Moore Brothers Farm, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in Alabama.
- Protostega potens: AMNH 180, a partial skeleton (basioccipital and hyoplastron). Its type locality is near Elkader, which is in a Santonian offshore chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (9: Alabama, Kansas)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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