Microstega Hooks 1998 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Full reference: G. E. Hooks. 1998. Systematic revision of the Protostegidae, with a redescription of Calcarichelys gemima Zangerl, 1953. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(1):85-98

Parent taxon: Protosteginae according to G. E. Hooks 1998

Sister taxon: Calcarichelys

Subtaxa: Microstega copei

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Hackberry Creek Valley (Cretaceous of Kansas)

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