Definition of Protostegid. Meaning of Protostegid. Synonyms of Protostegid

- appendages; protostegids had minimal s**** like leatherback turtles of modern times. As some of the first marine turtles, the protostegids set the general...
- concurrent giant protostegids such as Archelon and Protostega as one of the largest turtles to ever exist. Unlike the protostegids, which have an uncertain...
- as a distinct body s**** or carapace and reduced plastron like other protostegids. Specimens of Desmatochelys have been found in Nebraska, South Dakota...
- in length. Unlike the carapace, it features striations throughout. In protostegids, the epiplastron and entoplastron are fused together, forming a single...
- Ocepechelon is an extinct genus of giant protostegid sea turtle known from the Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian stage, 67 Myr) of Morocco. The feeding...
- Early Cretaceous. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, protostegid turtles, sharks, chimaeroids and bony fish remains are among the fossils...
- Tyrannosaurus and his offspring swim across a perilous seaway to feed on a dead Protostegid turtle. In North Africa, baby Alcione take their first flight through...
- boundary, which also was the fate of other gigantic marine turtles such as protostegids, other genera of Cheloniidae, though significantly smaller, survived...
- Kansastega is an extinct genus of protostegid sea turtles that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, K. copei, which has been...
- in addition to several sacral vertebrae which are now referred to the protostegid Pneumatoarthrus. An isolated metatarsal possibly belonging to the skeleton...