Cratochelone Longman 1915 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Full reference: H. A. Longman. 1915. On a giant turtle from the Queensland Lower Cretaceous. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3:24-29

Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to B. P. Kear 2006

See also Longman 1915 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archelon, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Desmatochelys, Notochelone, Pneumatoarthrus, Protostega, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys

Subtaxa: Cratochelone berneyi

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sylvania Station (Cretaceous of Australia)

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