Turtle Evolution Database

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Basic Information

Type:

Referred specimen

Genus:

Proterochersis

Species:

porebensis

Family:

Proterochersidae

Status:

In collection

Country:

Poland

Repository Information

Repository:

Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (ZPAL)

Repository #:

ZPAL V. 39/420

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

Email:

jkobylinska@twarda.pan.pl

Website:

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Geological Information

Age:

Norian

Age Reference:

Niedźwiedzki et al. (2014)

Locality:

Poręba

Bed:

Zbaszynek Bed

Basin:

Germanic Basin

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Preservation

Body

Description:

Right gular region of the plastron (with broken dorsal epiplastral process).

References

Primary Reference:

Szczygielski, T., Słowiak, J. and Dróżdż, D. 2018. Shell variability in the stem turtles Proterochersis spp. PeerJ 6: e6134.

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Additional References:

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