Reptilia - Testudinata - Proterochersidae

Alternative combination: Keuperotesta limendorsa

Full reference: T. Szczygielski and T. Sulej. 2016. Revision of the Triassic European turtles Proterochersis and Murrhardtia (Reptilia, Testudinata, Proterochersidae), with the description of new taxa from Poland and Germany. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:395-427

Belongs to Proterochersis according to W. G. Joyce 2017

See also Szczygielski and Sulej 2016

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

Type specimen: SMNS 17757, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Rudersberg, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rudersberg

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