Proterochersidae

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| fossil_range = Triassic, {{Fossil range|221.5|205.6|ref=}}

| taxon = Proterochersidae

| authority = Nopcsa, 1928

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = see text

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

Archaeochelyidae Fraas, 1913

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Proterochersidae is an extinct family of stem-turtles belonging to the clade Testudinata.{{GBIF |id=4818975 |taxon=Proterochersidae |accessdate=14 August 2020}}

List of genera

There are four genera:

Chinlechelys Joyce et al., 2009
Chinlechelys tenertesta Joyce et al., 2009
Keuperotesta Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016 (junior synonym of Proterochersis?)
Keuperotesta limendorsa Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016
Proterochersis Fraas, 1913
Proterochersis intermedia Fraas, 1913 (synonym of P. robusta?)
Proterochersis porebensis Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016
Proterochersis robusta Fraas, 1913
Thaichelys Szczygielski et al., 2025
Thaichelys ruchae (Broin, 1984)

References

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{{cite journal |first=W. G. |last=Joyce |year=2017 |title=A review of the fossil record of basal Mesozoic turtles |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=65–113 |doi=10.3374/014.058.0105 |bibcode=2017BPMNH..58...65J |s2cid=54982901 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/288659/files/joy_rfm.pdf }}

{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37586 |title=†family Proterochersidae Nopcsa 1928 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=17 December 2021}}

{{cite journal |first=T. |last=Szczygielski |author2=T. Sulej |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=Revision of the Triassic European turtles Proterochersis and Murrhardtia (Reptilia, Testudinata, Proterochersidae), with the description of new taxa from Poland and Germany |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=177 |issue=2 |pages=395–427 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12374 |doi-access=free }}

{{cite journal |last1=Szczygielski |first1=T. |last2=Dróżdż |first2=D. |last3=Chanthasit |first3=P. |last4=Manitkoon |first4=S. |last5=Ditbanjong |first5=P. |title=The Triassic turtle of Thailand – revision of 'Proganochelys' ruchae |journal=PLOS ONE |date=2025 |volume=20 |issue=3 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0316338 |doi-broken-date=20 March 2025 |doi-access=free |url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0316338 |language=en |issn=1932-6203}}

10.1371/journal.pone.0316338

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Category:Testudinata

Category:Taxa named by Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás

Category:Prehistoric reptile families