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PROTEROCHERSIS
(pro-teh-roe-kher-sis)
Named By: Fraas in 1913
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: Germany
Size: Estimated about 50 centimetres
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Partial remains including the shell
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Anapasida | Testudines | Pleurodira | Proterochersidae |
Also known as: | Chelytherium obscurum |
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Proterochersidae is an extinct family of turtles in the Testudinata superfamily. It contains one genus, Proterochersis, which contains only one species, Proterochersis robusta.

Read more about Proterochersis at Wikipedia
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