Chelosphargis Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | † Protostegidae |
Genus: | †
Chelosphargis Zangerl, 1953 |
Type species | |
†Protostega advena (
Hay, 1908)
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Chelosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Upper Cretaceous of Alabama. Only one species has been described, Chelosphargis advena. [1]