Zangerlchelys arkansaw Schmidt 1944

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Alternative combination: Catapleura arkansaw

Full reference: K. P. Schmidt. 1944. Two new thalassemyd turtles from the Cretaceous of Arkansas. Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 8(11):63-74

Belongs to Zangerlchelys according to R. Hirayama 2006

See also Schmidt 1944

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FMNH P27045, a partial skeleton (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Gather Brothers Farm, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Marlbrook Marl Formation of Arkansas.

Distribution: found only at Gather Brothers Farm

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