Proterochersidae
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Extinct family of turtles
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Proterochersidae Nopcsa, 1923 |
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Proterochersidae is an extinct family of stem-turtles belonging to the clade Testudinata.[1][3]
- Chinlechelys Joyce et al., 2009
- Chinlechelys tenertesta Joyce et al., 2009
- Cryptochersis Szczygielski & Dróżdż, 2026[4]
- Cryptochersis paraxene Szczygielski & Dróżdż, 2026)[4]
- Keuperotesta Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016[5] (junior synonym of Proterochersis?)[6]
- Keuperotesta limendorsa Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016[5]
- Proterochersis Fraas, 1913
- Proterochersis intermedia Fraas, 1913 (synonym of P. robusta?)[5]
- Proterochersis porebensis Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016[5]
- Proterochersis robusta Fraas, 1913
- Thaichelys Szczygielski et al., 2025[2]
- Thaichelys ruchae (Broin, 1984)[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "†family Proterochersidae Nopcsa 1928". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- 1 2 3 Szczygielski, T.; Dróżdż, D.; Chanthasit, P.; Manitkoon, S.; Ditbanjong, P. (2025). "The Triassic turtle of Thailand – revision of 'Proganochelys' ruchae". PLOS ONE. 20 (3) e0316338. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0316338. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 12279380.
- ↑ "Proterochersidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- 1 2 3 Szczygielski, Tomasz; Dróżdż, Dawid (2026-03-27). "Triassic turtles (Testudinata: Proterochersidae and Proganochelyidae) of Greenland". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 206 (3) zlag011. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag011. ISSN 0024-4082.
- 1 2 3 4 Szczygielski, T. & T. Sulej (2016). "Revision of the Triassic European turtles Proterochersis and Murrhardtia (Reptilia, Testudinata, Proterochersidae), with the description of new taxa from Poland and Germany". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 395–427. doi:10.1111/zoj.12374.
- ↑ Joyce, W. G. (2017). "A review of the fossil record of basal Mesozoic turtles" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (1): 65–113. Bibcode:2017BPMNH..58...65J. doi:10.3374/014.058.0105. S2CID 54982901.
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