Archelon marshii Wieland 1900 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Alternative combination: Protostega marshii

Full reference: G. R. Wieland. 1900. The skull, pelvis, and probable relationships of the huge turtles of the genus Archelon from the Fort Pierre Cretaceous of South Dakota. The American Journal of Science, series 4 9(52):237-251

Belongs to Archelon according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Wieland 1900 and Wieland 1909

Sister taxon: Archelon ischyros

Type specimen: YPM 294, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is east side, Cheyenne River, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at east side, Cheyenne River

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