Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Parent taxon: Protostegidae according to I. Scavezzoni and V. Fischer 2018
See also Cadena and Parham 2015, Carroll 1988, Delair 1958, Hirayama 1995, Hooks 1998, Karl et al. 2012, Lydekker 1889, Lydekker 1889, Nicholls 1992, Seeley 1869, Sepkoski 2002, Tong et al. 2006 and Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Archelon, Bouliachelys, Chelospharginae, Chelosphargis, Cratochelone, Desmatochelys, Notochelone, Pneumatoarthrus, Protostega, Protosteginae, Santanachelys, Terlinguachelys
Subtaxa: Rhinochelys amaberti Rhinochelys cantabrigiensis Rhinochelys elegans Rhinochelys nammourensis Rhinochelys pulchriceps
Type: Chelone pulchriceps
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Lebanon (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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