†Protostega Cope 1871 (sea turtle)
Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 36368
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. [A brief account of the expedition of seventeen days, which I have just made in the valley of the Smoky Hill river in Kansas]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):174-176
Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to E. A. Cadena and J. F. Parham 2015
Sister taxa: Archelon, Atlantochelys, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Cratochelone, Desmatochelys, Notochelone, Pneumatoarthrus, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys
Subtaxa: Protostega eaglefordensis, Protostega gigas, Protostega marshii
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