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Rhinochelys elegans
Taxonomy
Rhinochelys elegans was named by Lydekker (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH 41796, a partial skeleton (anterior portion of the cranium), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1869 | Rhinochelys mastocephalus Seeley |
| 1869 | Rhinochelys stenicephalus Seeley |
| 1889 | Rhinochelys macrorhina Lydekker pp. 177-178 |
| 1889 | Rhinochelys elegans Lydekker pp. 178-179 |
| 1889 | Rhinochelys brachyrhina Lydekker pp. 179-180 |
| 1889 | Rhinochelys elegans Lydekker p. 230 figs. plate 8, fig. 5 |
| 1889 | Rhinochelys macrorhina Lydekker p. 230 figs. plate 8, fig. 7 |
| 1889 | Rhinochelys brachyrhina Lydekker p. 231 figs. plate 8, figs 3, 3a |
| 1970 | Rhinochelys elegans Collins |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Rhinochelys elegans Lydekker 1889
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Invalid names: Rhinochelys brachyrhina Lydekker 1889 [synonym], Rhinochelys macrorhina Lydekker 1889 [synonym], Rhinochelys mastocephalus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Rhinochelys stenicephalus Seeley 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available