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Notochelone

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Extinct genus of turtles

Notochelone
Temporal range:Early Cretaceous,109–99 Ma
Type specimen, partial carapace
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Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Protostegidae
Genus:Notochelone
Lydekker,1889
Type species
Notochelys costata
Owen, 1882
Synonyms

Notochelone is anextinctgenus ofsea turtle, which existed about 100 million years ago.[1] The species was first described byRichard Owen in 1882 asNotochelys costata. It was renamed byRichard Lydekker in 1889.[2][3] It was the most common marine reptile living in the inlands of the sea aroundQueensland,Australia.[4] It was small turtle with carapace less than 1 metre (3.3 ft).[5][1] Analytical studies have indicated that the creatures frequently ate benthic molluscs.[6]

References

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  1. ^ab"Kronosaurus Korner - Protostegid Sea Turtles".www.kronosauruskorner.com.au. Retrieved2023-12-02.
  2. ^R. Lydekker. 1889. Note on some points in the nomenclature of fossil reptiles and amphibians, with preliminary notices of two new species.Geological Magazine, decade 3 6:325-326
  3. ^paleodb.org Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
  4. ^www.qm.qld.gov.auArchived 2007-02-21 at theWayback Machine Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
  5. ^Kear, Benjamin P. (2006-09-11)."Reassessment of Cratochelone Berneyi Longman, 1915, a giant sea turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Australia".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.26 (3):779–783.doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[779:ROCBLA]2.0.CO;2.ISSN 0272-4634.
  6. ^Kear, B. P. (2006)."First gut contents in a Cretaceous sea turtle".Biology Letters.2 (1):113–115.doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0374.PMC 1617194.PMID 17148341.

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Notochelone
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
  
 


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