Proganochelys

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Translingual

Proganochelys quenstedti, skeleton

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, before) + γάνος (gános, brightness) + χέλῡς (khélūs, tortoise). Named in 1887 by Georg Baur as the oldest turtle known at the time.

Proper noun

Proganochelys f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the subclass Testudinata – the (extinct) single stem-turtle species Proganochelys quenstedti.

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