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Protosteginae

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Taxonomy
Protosteginae was named by Wieland.

It was assigned to Protostegidae by Zangerl (1953), Kuhn (1966) and Weems (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Protosteginae Zangerl p. 72
1966Protosteginae Kuhn p. 28
1988Protosteginae Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyProtostegidaeCope 1873
subfamilyProtosteginaeWieland
subfamilyProtosteginaeWieland

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Protosteginae Wieland
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G. †Calcarichelys Zangerl 1953
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†Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl 1953
G. †Microstega Hooks 1998
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†Microstega copei Wieland 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 85.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Protostega copei (167919)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Calcarichelys gemma (81935)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Calcarichelys gemma (82635)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Angola (Namibe) Calcarichelys sp. (106705)