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Protostega
''Protostega'' ('first roof') is an extinct genus of marine turtle containing a single species, ''Protostega gigas''. Its fossil remains have been found in the Smoky Hill Chalk formation of western Kansas (''Hesperornis'' zone, dated to 83.5 million years ago〔Carpenter, K. (2003). "Vertebrate Biostratigraphy of the Smoky Hill Chalk (Niobrara Formation) and the Sharon Springs Member (Pierre Shale)." ''High-Resolution Approaches in Stratigraphic Paleontology'', 21: 421-437. 〕) and time-equivalent beds of the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama. Fossil specimens of this species were first collected in 1871, and named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1872. With a length of , it is the second-largest sea turtle that ever lived, second only to the giant ''Archelon'', and the third-largest turtle of all time behind ''Archelon'' and ''Stupendemys''.〔Wood, R.C. (1976). "''Stupendemys geographicus'', the world's largest turtle." ''Breviora'', 436: 1-31.〕 ==References==
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