Kansastega

Kansastega
Temporal range: Santonian
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Holotype shell of Kansastega copei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: †Protostegidae
Subfamily: †Protosteginae
Tribe: †Protostegini
Subtribe: †Kansastegina
McDavid & Hooks, 2023[1]
Genus: †Kansastega
McDavid & Hooks, 2023
Type species
†Kansastega copei
(Wieland, 1909)[2]
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
Species synonymy
    • Protostega copei
      Wieland, 1909
    • Archelon copei
      (Wieland, 1909)
    • Microstega copei
      (Wieland, 1909)

Kansastega is an extinct genus of protostegid sea turtles that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, K. copei, which has been found in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas. It was originally named as a species of Protostega,[2] then was moved to its own genus Microstega.[3] However, that genus name was preoccupied by the moth Microstega.[4] As a result, Kansastega was proposed as a replacement name.[1]

  1. ^ a b McDavid, S.N.; Hooks, G.E. III (2023). "Kansastega, nom. nov., a replacement name for Microstega Hooks, preoccupied by Meyrick". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e2252648. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2252648.
  2. ^ a b Wieland, G.R. (1909). "Revision of the Protostegidae". American Journal of Science. Series 4. 27 (158): 101–130. Bibcode:1909AmJS...27..101W. doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-27.158.101.
  3. ^ a b Hooks, G.E. III (1998). "Systematic revision of the Protostegidae, with a redescription of Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl, 1953". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (1): 85–98. Bibcode:1998JVPal..18...85H. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011036.
  4. ^ a b Meyrick, E. (1890). "On the classification of the Pyralidina of the European fauna". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 38 (3): 429–492. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1890.tb02704.x.