Protostegidae indet.
Specimen ID: NMP Ob 00006
Basic Information
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In collection
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Repository Information
Repository:
Repository #:
NMP Ob 00006
Rights Holder:
National Museum in Prague
Address:
Depozitář Národního Muzea (Přírodovědecké muzeum), Cirkusová 1740, 190 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice, Czechia
Prague, 19000
Czechia
Prague, 19000
Czechia
Curator:
Boris Ekrt
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Geological Information
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Formation:
Bílá Hora Formation
Basin:
Bohemian Cretaceous Basin
Location Map
Preservation
Body
Description:
Partial shell
References
Primary Reference:
Reuss, A.E. 1855. Paläontologische Miscellen: Schildkrötenreste im böhmischen Pläner. Denkschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe (Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei) Wien 10: 78–80.
Additional References:
Kear, B.P., Ekrt, B., Prokop, J. and Georgalis, G.L. 2014. Turonian marine amniotes from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic. Geological Magazine 151: 183–198.
Additional Information
Table 2 in Reus (1855), in Kear et al. (2014) described as Dermochelyoidea indet. (fig. 2a)
Comments
Deserves redescription