Notochelone
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Type specimen, partial carapace
Restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: †Protostegidae
Genus: †Notochelone
Lydekker, 1889
Type species
†Notochelys costata
Owen, 1882
Synonyms

Notochelone is an extinct genus of sea turtle, which existed about 100 million years ago.[1] The species was first described by Richard Owen in 1882 as Notochelys costata. It was renamed by Richard Lydekker in 1889.[2][3] It was the most common marine reptile living in the inlands of the sea around Queensland, Australia.[4] It was small turtle with carapace less than 1 metre (3.3 ft).[5][1] Analytical studies have indicated that the creatures frequently ate benthic molluscs.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kronosaurus Korner - Protostegid Sea Turtles". www.kronosauruskorner.com.au. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ paleodb.org Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
  4. ↑ www.qm.qld.gov.au Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
  5. ↑ Kear, Benjamin P. (2006-09-11). "Reassessment of Cratochelone Berneyi Longman, 1915, a giant sea turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (3): 779–783. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[779:ROCBLA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
  6. ↑ Kear, B. P. (2006). "First gut contents in a Cretaceous sea turtle". Biology Letters. 2 (1): 113–115. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0374. PMC 1617194. PMID 17148341.


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