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Procolpochelys
Taxonomy
Procolpochelys was named by Hay (1908) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 504].
It was assigned to Cheloniinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); to Pancheloniidae by Weems (2014) and Weems and Brown (2017); and to Cheloniidae by Hay (1930), Berry and Lynn (1936), Carroll (1988), Zug (2001), Joyce et al. (2004), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Weems (2023).
It was assigned to Cheloniinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); to Pancheloniidae by Weems (2014) and Weems and Brown (2017); and to Cheloniidae by Hay (1930), Berry and Lynn (1936), Carroll (1988), Zug (2001), Joyce et al. (2004), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Weems (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Procolpochelys Hay |
| 1930 | Procolpochelys Hay p. 80 |
| 1936 | Procolpochelys Berry and Lynn p. 189 |
| 1988 | Procolpochelys Carroll |
| 1988 | Procolpochelys Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 2001 | Procolpochelys Zug p. 213 |
| 2002 | Procolpochelys Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Procolpochelys Joyce et al. |
| 2014 | Procolpochelys Weems |
| 2017 | Procolpochelys Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2017 | Procolpochelys Weems and Brown |
| 2023 | Procolpochelys Weems |
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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.
G. †Procolpochelys Hay 1908
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†Procolpochelys charlestonensis Weems and Sanders 2014
†Procolpochelys grandaeva Leidy 1861
†Procolpochelys susensis Shikama and Suyama 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Zanclean or 70.60000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Chelone grandaeva (129264) | |
| Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | P. sp. (45777) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Virginia) | P. charlestonensis (167201) | |
| Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | P. charlestonensis (152597 154578 188993) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Maryland) | P. grandaeva (71810) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | P. grandaeva (70818 70819) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | P. grandaeva (57700) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | P. grandaeva (70822 70835) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Maryland) | P. grandaeva (219172) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | P. sp. (52582) |