| Notochelone Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 109–99 Ma |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Protostegidae |
| Genus: | †Notochelone Lydekker, 1889 |
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| †Notochelone costata |
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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] It was the most common marine reptile living in the inlands of the sea around Queensland, Australia.[3] 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.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b www.kronosaurus.com.au Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
- ^ paleodb.org Retrieved on May 12th, 2008.
- ^ www.qm.qld.gov.au 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.
