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Protostega

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Protostega Cope p. 175
1875Protostega Cope p. 16
1900Protostega Wieland p. 250
1902Protostega Hay p. 439
1909Protostega Wieland p. 102
1930Protostega Hay p. 78
1953Protostega Zangerl p. 72
1988Protostega Carroll
1988Protostega Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
1995Protostega Hirayama p. 282
1998Protostega Hooks
2002Protostega Sepkoski
2012Protostega Mateus et al.
2014Protostega de Lapparent de Broin et al.
2015Protostega Cadena and Parham

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

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. †Protostega Cope 1871
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Protostega eaglefordensis Zangerl 1953
Protostega gigas Cope 1871
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Invalid names: Protostega dixie Zangerl 1953 [synonym], Protostega potens Hay 1908 [synonym]
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, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) P. eaglefordensis (198243)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (92426 92427)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6USA (Kansas) P. gigas (203740)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Kansas) P. gigas (93225)
Santonian - Maastrichtian86.3 - 66.0USA (Alabama) P. sp. (107502)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Kansas) P. potens (203741)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Alabama) P. dixie (81927 81930 81931 81932 81933 81934)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation (Saratov) P. gigas (157353)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) P. sp. (23338)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Angola (Namibe) P. sp. (106705)