Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

REPTILIA (Reptiles) TESTUDINES (Turtles) PROTOSTEGIDAE ()

†Protostega gigas

Conservation Status:
Extinct

Diagnosis:

Distribution:

(, Museum Voucher) (, Observation) (, Literature Record) (, iNat Record), ( Fossil)
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Occurrence Summary:
8
Records
8
Museum Vouchers
0
Other Observations

Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Gove (3); Logan (2); Unknown (3);

Natural History:

Remarks:

Bibliography:

1985	Schultze, Hans-Peter, L. Hunt, J. Chorn, and A. M. Neuner. Type and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. Part II. Fossil amphibians and reptiles. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications (77):1-66 Also check on several listed names not in KHA as KS taxa.
2017	Davidson, Jane P. and Michael J. Everhart. Scattered and shattered: A brief history of the early methods of digging, preserving and transporting Kansas fossils. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 120(3/4):247-258 Discusses a Protostega gigas (AMNH FR 1503) from Kansas.

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