Proterochersidae Explained

Proterochersidae is an extinct family of stem-turtles belonging to Testudinata.

List of genera

There are two genera:

• Keuperotesta Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016^[1] (junior synonym of Proterochersis?)^[2]
  • Keuperotesta limendorsa Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016
• Proterochersis Fraas, 1913
  • Proterochersis intermedia Fraas, 1913 (synonym of P. robusta?)
  • Proterochersis porebensis Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016
  • Proterochersis robusta Fraas, 1913

Notes and References

1. Tomasz . Szczygielski . Tomasz Sulej . amp . 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 . 10.1111/zoj.12374 . free .
2. Walter G. . Joyce . 2017 . A review of the fossil record of basal Mesozoic turtles . Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History . 58 . 1 . 65–113 . 10.3374/014.058.0105 . 54982901 .