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Rhinochelys
Taxonomy
Rhinochelys was named by Seeley (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi K Ceno-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant. Its type is Chelone pulchriceps.
It was assigned to Pleurodira by Lydekker (1889); to Pleurodira by Lydekker (1889); to Amphichelydia by Delair (1958); to Cheloniidae by Carroll (1988); to Desmatochelyidae by Nicholls (1992); to Chelonioidea by Hooks (1998); to Chelonia by Seeley (1869) and Sepkoski (2002); to Chelospharginae by Weems (1988) and Karl et al. (2012); and to Protostegidae by Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Tong et al. (2006), Cadena and Parham (2015) and Scavezzoni and Fischer (2018).
It was assigned to Pleurodira by Lydekker (1889); to Pleurodira by Lydekker (1889); to Amphichelydia by Delair (1958); to Cheloniidae by Carroll (1988); to Desmatochelyidae by Nicholls (1992); to Chelonioidea by Hooks (1998); to Chelonia by Seeley (1869) and Sepkoski (2002); to Chelospharginae by Weems (1988) and Karl et al. (2012); and to Protostegidae by Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Tong et al. (2006), Cadena and Parham (2015) and Scavezzoni and Fischer (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1869 | Rhinochelys Seeley p. xviii |
| 1889 | Rhinochelys Lydekker p. 175 |
| 1958 | Rhinochelys Delair p. 53–54 |
| 1988 | Rhinochelys Carroll |
| 1988 | Rhinochelys Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 1992 | Rhinochelys Nicholls p. 378 |
| 1995 | Rhinochelys Hirayama p. 282 |
| 1998 | Rhinochelys Hooks |
| 2002 | Rhinochelys Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Rhinochelys Tong et al. |
| 2012 | Rhinochelys Karl et al. |
| 2015 | Rhinochelys Cadena and Parham |
| 2018 | Rhinochelys Scavezzoni and Fischer |
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G. †Rhinochelys Seeley 1869
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†Rhinochelys amaberti Moret 1935
†Rhinochelys cantabrigiensis Lydekker 1889
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Invalid names: Rhinochelys cardiocephalus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Rhinochelys dayi Seeley 1869 [synonym], Rhinochelys eurycephalus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Rhinochelys jessoni Lydekker 1889 [synonym], Rhinochelys platyrhinus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Rhinochelys rheporhinus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Rhinochelys sphenicephalus Seeley 1869 [synonym]
†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]
†Rhinochelys nammourensis Tong et al. 2006
†Rhinochelys pulchriceps Owen 1842
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Invalid names: Rhinochelys dacognathus Seeley 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. Tong et al. 2006 | Revised diagnosis: protostegid with a large nasal bone and a laterally expanded and swollen skull roof at the prefontal level. |
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian | France | R. amaberti (63325) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Chelone pulchriceps (137412) | |
| Cenomanian - Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | R. sp. (92427) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | Lebanon (Kesrouâne) | Chelonia indet. (60285) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Germany (Lower Saxony) | R. pulchriceps (136745) |