Named By: | Rainer Zangerl in 1953 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 83 Ma |
Location: | USA - Alabama - Selma Formation |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Omnivore |
Fossil(s): | Possibly few specimens |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Testudines | Cryptodira | Protostegidae | Chelospharginae | |
Also known as: | | Protostega advena | |
Chelosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Upper Cretaceous of Alabama. Only one species has been described, Chelosphargis advena.