Notochelone

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Chelonioidea

Familia: †Protostegidae
Genus: Notochelone
Species:
Name

Notochelone Lydekker, 1889

Synonyms

Notochelys Owen, 1882

References

Lydekker 1889: Geol. Mag., (N.S.) Dec. 3, 6, 325.
Owen 1882: Quart. J. geol. Soc., 38, 178.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Notochelone is an extinct genus of sea turtle, which existed about 100 million years ago.[1] The species was first described 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 a small turtle, and was about the same size as the modern green turtle.[1] Analytical studies have indicated that the creatures frequently ate benthic molluscs.[5]
References

www.kronosaurus.com.au Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
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
paleodb.org Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
www.qm.qld.gov.au Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
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.