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 only outsized by the Cretaceous protostegids, the Miocene Stupendemys, and two Quaternary testudines (Megalochelys...
- boundary, which also was the fate of other gigantic marine turtles such as protostegids, other genera of Cheloniidae, though significantly smaller, survived...
- modern sea turtles (families Dermochelyidae and Cheloniidae) than the protostegids, which are thought to be more basal and have a more uncertain relationship...
- 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...
- 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...
- diversification of marine reptiles. Identified marine turtles include the protostegids Cratochelone, Bouliachelys and Notochelone, this latter being the most...
- Edwin A.; Parham, James F. (2015a), "Oldest known marine turtle? A new protostegid from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia", PaleoBios, 32: 1–42, doi:10.5070/P9321028615...