Protosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Italy. It was first named by Capellini in 1884. Paleontology portal Protosphargis...

its body cavity (a protostegid possibly belonging to the species Protosphargis veronensis) is described from the Turonian strata of Scaglia Rossa (Italy)...

Scott 1980, p. 336. Hirayama, R. (2005). "Systematic position of Protosphargis veronensis Capellini, an enigmatic sea turtle from the Late Cretaceous of...

member of the clade Pancheloniidae, closely related to Protosphargis. Similar to Protosphargis, it was characterized by shell reduction. Allopleuron lived...