Proganochelys

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.

Synonyms

• (genus): †Psammochelys, †Stegochelys, †Triassochelys (junior synonyms)

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Testudinata - subclass

Hyponyms

• (genus): †Proganochelys quenstedti (species)

References

• Proganochelys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Proganochelys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Proganochelys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons