Rhinochelys

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Rhinochelys
Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian
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Fossil of Rhinochelys nammourensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Protostegidae
Genus: Rhinochelys
Seeley, 1869
Species
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Rhinochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtles belonging to the family Protostegidae.

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Fossil records

Fossils of Rhinochelys have been found in Late Albian to middle Cenomanian-age marine deposits of southern England, Lebanon, and France. [1] [2]

Species

Three species of Rhinochelys are recognized: [1] [3]

Rhinochelys cantabrigiensis and R. elegans, both named by Richard Lydekker in 1889, are recovered by Scavezzoni and Fischer (2018) as closer to Desmatochelys than to Rhinochelys and possibly are not congeneric with Rhinochelys. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Scavezzoni, I.; Fischer, V. (2018). "Rhinochelys amaberti Moret (1935), a Protostegid Turtle from the Early Cretaceous of France". PeerJ. 10 (6): e4594. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4594 . PMC   5898427 . PMID   29666758.
  2. Evers, Serjoscha W.; Barrett, Paul M.; Benson, Roger B. J. (2019-05-01). "Anatomy ofRhinochelys pulchriceps(Protostegidae) and marine adaptation during the early evolution of chelonioids". PeerJ. 7: e6811. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6811 . hdl: 10141/622563 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   6500378 .
  3. Collins JI. 1970. The chelonian Rhinochelys Seeley from the Upper Cretaceous of England and France. Palaeontology 13(3):355-378
  4. Haiyan Tong, Hirayama R., Makhoul, E. & Escuillie F. 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