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Chelosphargis advena

Description

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


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8491173https://www.gbif.org/species/8491173
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)125124https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=125124
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Protostegidae : Chelosphargis : Chelosphargis advena
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Protostegidae : Chelosphargis : Chelosphargis advena
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
-PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
superfamilyChelonioideaBaur 1893
familyProtostegidaeCope 1873
genusChelosphargisZangerl 1953
speciesChelosphargis advenaHay 1908
Generic NameChelosphargis
Scientific NameChelosphargis advena (Hay, 1908)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Chelosphargis advenaspeciesbelongs to Protostegastated with evidenceHay, 1908
Chelosphargis advenaspeciesbelongs to Chelosphargisstated without evidenceZangerl, 1953
Chelosphargis advenaspeciesbelongs to Chelosphargisstated with evidenceThurmond and Jones, 1981
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance89.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance85.8 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Chelonioidea)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelosphargis_advena

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Protostega advena (Hay, 1908)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Protostegidae : Chelosphargis : Protostega advena

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1908Protostega advena Hay p. 199 figs. Figs. 256-259
1909Protostega advena Wieland p. 103
1953Chelosphargis advena Zangerl p. 80
1981Chelosphargis advena Thurmond and Jones p. 127

References

Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568
Wieland G. R. (1909) Revision of the Protostegidae, The American Journal of Science, series 4 27 158, 101-130
Zangerl R. (1953) The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part III. The turtles of the family Protostegidae, Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3 3, 63-133
Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244
O. P. Hay (1908) The fossil turtles of North America: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication: 1--568 - via Catalogue of Life
J. T. Thurmond, D. E. Jones (1981) Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama: 1--244 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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