Proganochelys (SciiFii)

The turtletara (Proganochelys primordius), also known as the vegetarian snapping turtle, is a primitive species of stem-turtle that is the sister taxon to all other turtles creating a monophyletic group, the Casichelydia. The turtletara originally lived in Germany, Greenland, and Thailand during the Late Triassic around 210 million years ago as an extinct species of Proganochelys and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii due to demands for exotic prehistoric pets. The turtletara is around 1 meter in size and it is herbivorous in nature, hence its name, feeding primarily on leaves, fruits, tubers, bulbs, and vegetables. Unlike turtles, the turtletara cannot retract its head, legs, nor tail into its shell due to its primitive characteristics and the complete shell being a recent development in this genus. The lifestyles and lifecycle of the turtletara is almost identical to those of African spurred tortoises and giant tortoises.
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