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Notochelone Lydekker 1889 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 36356

Synonym: Notochelys Owen 1882 [replaced name] (taxon 105800)

Full reference: 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

Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Archelon, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Cratochelone, Desmatochelys, Pneumatoarthrus, Protostega, Protosteginae, Rhinochelys, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys

Subtaxa: Notochelone costata

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