Proterochersis porebensis
Specimen ID: ZPAL V. 39/370
Basic Information
Repository Information
Warsaw, 00-818
Poland
Preservation
Description:
A part of the posterior left section of a carapace with most of the dorsal part of the left ilium, the posterior part of the first and the complete second sacral vertebra, a short fragment of the first sacral rib and a complete second sacral rib.
References
Primary Reference:
Szczygielski, T. and Sulej, T. 2016. Revision of the Triassic European turtles Proterochersis and Murrhardtia (Reptilia, Testudinata, Proterochersidae), with the description of new taxa from Poland and Germany. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (2): 395–427.
Additional References:
Szczygielski, T. and Piechowski, R. 2024. Limb anatomy of the Triassic turtles: appendicular osteology of Proterochersis (Testudinata, Proterochersidae). .
Szczygielski, T., Słowiak, J. and Dróżdż, D. 2018. Shell variability in the stem turtles Proterochersis spp. PeerJ 6: e6134.