Reptilia - Testudinata - Proterochersidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 131561

Alternative combination: Proterochersis robustum

Synonyms: Murrhardtia staeschei Karl and Tichy 2000 (no. 172512), Proterochersis intermedia Fraas 1913 (no. 256805)

Full reference: E. Fraas. 1913. Proterochersis, eine pleurodire Schildkröte aus dem Keuper. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 80:13-30

Belongs to Proterochersis according to W. G. Joyce 2017

Sister taxa: Proterochersis limendorsa, Proterochersis porebensis, Proterochersis robustum

Type specimens:

• Proterochersis robusta: SMNS 12777, a partial shell (internal mold of the carapace, plus a partial plastron). Its type locality is Rudersberg, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.
• Murrhardtia staeschei: CSMM o. Nr., a shell. Its type locality is Murrhardt-Mettelberg, Schlipf & Söhne quarry, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.
• Proterochersis intermedia: Its type locality is Rohracker, vineyard, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

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