Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Synonyms: Rhinochelys cardiocephalus Seeley 1869, Rhinochelys dayi Seeley 1869, Rhinochelys eurycephalus Seeley 1869, Rhinochelys jessoni Lydekker 1889, Rhinochelys platyrhinus Seeley 1869, Rhinochelys rheporhinus Seeley 1869, Rhinochelys sphenicephalus Seeley 1869
Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. On remains of Eocene and Mesozoic Chelonia and a tooth of (?) Ornithopsis. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 45:227-246
Belongs to Rhinochelys according to J. I. Collins 1970
See also Lydekker 1889 and Lydekker 1889
Sister taxa: Rhinochelys amaberti, Rhinochelys elegans, Rhinochelys nammourensis, Rhinochelys pulchriceps
Type specimens:
- Rhinochelys cantabrigiensis: BMNH 43980, a partial skull
- Rhinochelys cardiocephalus:
- Rhinochelys dayi:
- Rhinochelys eurycephalus:
- Rhinochelys jessoni:
- Rhinochelys platyrhinus:
- Rhinochelys rheporhinus:
- Rhinochelys sphenicephalus:
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhinochelys cantabrigiensis in the database
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