Kingdom Animalia Family Protostegidae Scientific name Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Rank Species | Class Sauropsida Genus Pneumatoarthrus Phylum Chordata Order Turtle | |
Similar Glarichelys, Sinaspideretes, Cratochelone | ||
Pneumatoarthrus is a Cretaceous sea turtle first identified by Edward Drinker Cope as a hadrosaur in 1870. The fossils were found in the chalk beds of Kansas. It may be synonymous with the better-known Atlantochelys, and therefore a close relative of the giant sea turtle Archelon.
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