Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Full reference: H. Tong, R. Hirayama, E. Makhoul and F. Escuillié. 2006. Rhinochelys (Chelonioidea: Protostegidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Nammoura, Lebanon. Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del museo civico di storia naturale di Milano 147(1):113-138
Belongs to Rhinochelys according to H. Tong et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Rhinochelys amaberti, Rhinochelys cantabrigiensis, Rhinochelys elegans, Rhinochelys pulchriceps
Type specimen: MSNM V3933, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is en Nammoûra, upper quarry (unit 3b), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal wackestone in Lebanon.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at en Nammoûra, upper quarry (unit 3b)
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