Proterochersis porebensis Szczygielski and Sulej 2016 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Proterochersidae

Full reference: T. Szczygielski and 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 177:395-427

Belongs to Proterochersis according to W. G. Joyce 2017

See also Szczygielski and Sulej 2016

Sister taxa: Proterochersis limendorsa, Proterochersis robusta, Proterochersis robustum

Type specimen: ZPAL V.39/4, a skeleton. Its type locality is Poreba site, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian fluvial conglomerate/claystone in the Wozniki Limestone Formation of Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Poland (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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