Chelosphargis

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Chelosphargis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 83 Ma
File:Chelosphargis advena type.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Protostegidae
Genus: †Chelosphargis
Zangerl, 1953
Type species
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(Hay, 1908)
Species
  • <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>Chelosphargis advena (Hay, 1908)
Synonyms

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Chelosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Upper Cretaceous of Alabama. Only one species has been described, Chelosphargis advena.[1]

References

  1. Zangerl, R., 1953, The Vertebrate Fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part III. The Turtles of the family Protostegidae. Part IV. The Turtles of the family Toxochelydiae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs v. 3, n. 3 and 4, p. 57-276.

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