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{{Short description|Extinct genus of turtles}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Protosphargis''
| image = Protosphargis veronensis.jpg
| fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]]
| taxon = Protosphargis
| authority  = Capellini, 1884
}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2019}}

'''''Protosphargis''''' is an extinct genus of [[sea turtle]] from the Upper [[Cretaceous]] of [[Italy]]. It was first named by Capellini in 1884.
[[File:Protosphargis.jpg|thumb|left|''Protosphargis veronensis'' carapace, ventral view]]

==Sources==
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* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=37694&is_real_user=0 ''Protosphargis''] at the [[Paleobiology Database]]
* ''The Journal of Geology'' By Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, University of Chicago Dept. of Geology, University of Chicago Dept. of Geology and Paleontology. Page 726.{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}}

{{Testudines}}
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[[Category:Dermochelyidae]]
[[Category:Late Cretaceous turtles]]
[[Category:Fossils of Italy]]
[[Category:Prehistoric turtle genera]]
[[Category:Extinct turtles]]


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