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| Name | Protostega | |||
| Class | Sauropsida | |||
| Order | Testudines | |||
| Suborder | Cryptodira | |||
| Family | Protostegidae | |||
| genus | Protostega | |||
| species | Protostega gigas | |||
| Name Translation | "first roof" - "giant" | |||
Protostega (early roof) is an extinct genus of marine turtle that lived throughout the Late Cretaceous Period[1]. It contains the species P. gigas. Large individuals could reach up to three meters (10 feet) in total body length, making it the second-largest known prehistoric marine turtle after Archelon[2]. Its carapace lacked scutes (Osteoderms), which would have made it relatively lighter. Its diet probably consisted on slower moving sea creatures like jellyfish and shellfish.
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