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Rhinochelys amaberti
Taxonomy
Rhinochelys amaberti was named by Moret (1935). Its type specimen is UJF-ID.11167, a partial skull (partial cranium with mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fauge valley, Villard-de-Lans, Isere, which is in an Albian marine marl in France.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Rhinochelys amaberti Moret |
| 2018 | Rhinochelys amaberti Scavezzoni and Fischer |
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†Rhinochelys amaberti Moret 1935
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| I. Scavezzoni and V. Fischer 2018 | Rhinochelys amaberti possesses the following autapomorphies (among Protostegidae): triangular- shaped nasal bone; the antorbital bulge formed by the maxilla (dorsal to the maxillary sulcus) and the prefrontal is strongly prominent to the point of concealing the labial edges of the maxilla in dorsal view, and is even visible in ventral view (this bulge is also present but smaller in Rhinochelys pulchriceps, Rhinochelys nammourensis, Rhinochelys morphotype `elegans' and Rhinochelys morphotype `cantabrigiensis'); mediolaterally narrow, nearly absent nasal-frontal contact; large dorsal extension of the frontal; oval nasal fossa (with horizontal long axis); nasal fossa forms a deep indentation in the maxilla in lateral view; the skull is dorsoventrally compressed, barely protruding dorsally and ventrally from the orbit; the parietal-frontal surface is parallel to the ventral surface of the maxilla. |
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Albian | France | Rhinochelys amaberti (type locality: 63325) |