Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Full reference: G. R. Wieland. 1896. Archelon ischyros: a ne gigantic cryptodire testudinate from the Fort Pierre Cretaceous of South Dakota. The American Journal of Science, series 4 2(12):399-412
Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to E. A. Cadena and J. F. Parham 2015
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hirayama 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1988, Wieland 1896, Wieland 1900, Wieland 1909 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Cratochelone, Desmatochelys, Notochelone, Pneumatoarthrus, Protostega, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys
Subtaxa: Archelon ischyros Archelon marshii
Type: Archelon ischyros
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: North Dakota, South Dakota collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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