Proterochersis robusta Fraas 1913

Reptilia - Testudinata - Proterochersidae

Alternative combination: Proterochersis robustum

Synonyms: Chelytherium obscurum Meyer 1863, Murrhardtia staeschei Karl and Tichy 2000, Proterochersis intermedia Fraas 1913

Full reference: E. Fraas. 1913. Proterochersis, eine pleurodire Schildkröte aus dem Keuper. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 80:13-30

Belongs to Proterochersis according to W. G. Joyce 2017

See also Bergounioux 1954, Danilov and Parham 2008, Fraas 1913, Gaffney 1986, Gaffney et al. 2006, Kuhn 1971, Lydekker 1889, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Swinton 1934, Szczygielski 2020 and Szczygielski and Sulej 2016

Sister taxa: Proterochersis limendorsa, Proterochersis porebensis, Proterochersis robustum, Saurodesmus, Saurodesmus robertsoni

Type specimens:

  • Proterochersis robusta: SMNS 12777, a partial shell (internal mold of the carapace, plus a partial plastron). Its type locality is Rudersberg, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.
  • Chelytherium obscurum: NHMUK 38650–38653, a partial shell.
  • Murrhardtia staeschei: CSMM o. Nr., a shell. Its type locality is Murrhardt-Mettelberg, Schlipf & Söhne quarry, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.
  • Proterochersis intermedia: Its type locality is Rohracker, vineyard, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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