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Taxonomy
Trinitichelys was named by Gaffney (1972). Its type is Trinitichelys hiatti. It is the type genus of Trinitichelyinae.
It was assigned to Trinitichelyinae by Gaffney (1972); to Paracryptodira by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Testudinata by Perea et al. (2014); to Baenidae by Joyce and Lyson (2015); and to Baenidae by Carroll (1988), Joyce (2007), Lyson and Joyce (2010), Lyson and Joyce (2011), Anquetin (2012), Lyson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Trinitichelyinae by Gaffney (1972); to Paracryptodira by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Testudinata by Perea et al. (2014); to Baenidae by Joyce and Lyson (2015); and to Baenidae by Carroll (1988), Joyce (2007), Lyson and Joyce (2010), Lyson and Joyce (2011), Anquetin (2012), Lyson et al. (2016).
Species
T. hiatti (type species)