Definition of Protostegids. Meaning of Protostegids. Synonyms of Protostegids

- appendages; protostegids had minimal s**** like leatherback turtles of modern times. As some of the first marine turtles, the protostegids set the general...
- in length. Unlike the carapace, it features striations throughout. In protostegids, the epiplastron and entoplastron are fused together, forming a single...
- concurrent giant protostegids such as Archelon and Protostega as one of the largest turtles to ever exist. Unlike the protostegids, which have an uncertain...
- Drazinderetes in carapace length, and exceeded only by the Cretaceous protostegids, the Miocene Stupendemys, and two Quaternary testudines (Megalochelys...
- modern sea turtles (families Dermochelyidae and Cheloniidae) than the protostegids, which are thought to be more basal and have a more uncertain relationship...
- boundary, which also was the fate of other gigantic marine turtles such as protostegids, other genera of Cheloniidae, though significantly smaller, survived...
- Ocepechelon is an extinct genus of giant protostegid sea turtle known from the Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian stage, 67 Myr) of Morocco. The feeding...
- Chelonioidea. Cladistically, it is the sister taxon to the rest of the later protostegids, including Protostega and Notochelone. As a member of its family, its...
- 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...
- Protostega to its more basal relative Desmatochelys shows that not all protostegids had the same growth patterns. This indicates that rapid growth to large...