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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of turtles, comprising species of large size and marine habits, characterized by having the carapace imperfectly developed, the plastron well developed, and the limbs modified for swimming. The type species is Protostega gigas, from the Cretaceous of Kansas.

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