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Lophochelyinae
Taxonomy
Lophochelyinae was named by Zangerl (1953). It was considered monophyletic by Karl et al. (2012).
It was corrected as Lophocheliinae by Weems (1988).
It was assigned to Toxochelyidae by Zangerl (1953), Kuhn (1966), Moody (1980), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Weems (1988), Karl et al. (2012) and Karl and Nyhuis (2012); and to Pancheloniidae by Weems (2014).
It was corrected as Lophocheliinae by Weems (1988).
It was assigned to Toxochelyidae by Zangerl (1953), Kuhn (1966), Moody (1980), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Weems (1988), Karl et al. (2012) and Karl and Nyhuis (2012); and to Pancheloniidae by Weems (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Lophochelyinae Zangerl p. 216 |
| 1966 | Lophochelyinae Kuhn p. 28 |
| 1980 | Lophochelyinae Moody p. 162 |
| 1981 | Lophochelyinae Thurmond and Jones p. 130 |
| 1988 | Lophocheliinae Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 2012 | Lophochelyinae Karl et al. |
| 2012 | Lophochelyinae Karl and Nyhuis |
| 2014 | Lophochelyinae Weems |
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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.
Subfm. †Lophochelyinae Zangerl 1953
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G. †Lophochelys Zangerl 1953
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†Lophochelys natatrix Zangerl 1953
†Lophochelys niobrarae Zangerl 1953
†Lophochelys venatrix Zangerl 1953
G. †Neurochelys Moody 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the to the top of the Danian or 122.46000 to 61.60000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Aptian | Germany | Oertelia gigantea (138309) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Lophochelys natatrix, Lophochelys niobrarae (82002) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Lophochelys venatrix (81927 81933) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Kazakhstan (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan) | Lophochelyinae indet. (59730) | |
| Judithian | USA (Wyoming) | Lophochelys sp. (14458) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Lophochelys niobrarae (23367) Lophochelys sp. (34302 34303 34305 34310 34315 34319 34321 34322 188995) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Lophochelys sp. (231469) | |
| Danian | USA (Maryland) | Lophochelys sp. (167186) |