REPTILIA (Reptiles) TESTUDINES (Turtles) TOXOCHELYIDAE ()


Porthochelys laticeps


Conservation Status:

Extinct





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Bibliography:
1900 Williston, Samuel W. A new turtle from the Kansas Cretaceous. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 17():195-199
Porthochelys laticeps, gen. et sp. nov. from near the Saline River in Trego County, Kansas.
1946 Lane, Henry H. A survey of the fossil vertebrates of Kansas, Part III. The reptiles. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 49(3):289-332
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