Proterochersis porebensis

Specimen ID: ZPAL V. 39/22

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Basic Information

Species:
Status:
In collection
Country:
Repository Information

Repository #:
ZPAL V. 39/22
Rights Holder:
Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Address:
Instytut Plaeobiologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Warsaw, 00-818
Poland
Curator:
Jolanta Kobylińska
Website:
Geological Information

Age:
Age Reference:
Niedźwiedzki et al. (2014)
Locality:
Bed:
Zbaszynek Bed
Basin:
Germanic Basin
Location Map
Preservation

Body

Description:

Left nuchal region of the carapace with sutures around the left nuchal bone.

References

Primary Reference:

Szczygielski, T. and Sulej, T. 2019. The early composition and evolution of the turtle shell (Reptilia, Testudinata). Palaeontology 62 (3): 375–415.

Additional References:

Szczygielski, T. and Piechowski, R. 2024. Limb anatomy of the Triassic turtles: appendicular osteology of Proterochersis (Testudinata, Proterochersidae). .

Szczygielski, T., Tyborowski, D. and Błażejowski, B. 2018. A new pancryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic of Poland and palaeobiology of early marine turtles. Geological Journal 53: 1215–1226.

Additional Information

This specimen was figured and described in Szczygielski & Sulej (2019).