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
- 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 
Proganochelys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons