Toxochelys procax Hay 1905

Reptilia - Testudines

Alternative combination: Ctenochelys procax

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1905. A revision of the species of the family of fossil turtles called Toxochelyidae, with descriptions of two new species of Toxochelys and a new species of Porthochelys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(10):177-185

Belongs to Toxochelys according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1905, Hay 1908 and Zangerl 1953

Sister taxa: Toxochelys elkader, Toxochelys latiremis, Toxochelys moorevillensis

Type specimen: AMNH 234, a skull

Distribution: found only at The Pyramids, 1 mile north (Cretaceous of Kansas)

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