Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 235086

Synonyms: Rhinochelys cardiocephalus Seeley 1869 (no. 361535), Rhinochelys dayi Seeley 1869 (no. 361536), Rhinochelys eurycephalus Seeley 1869 (no. 361537), Rhinochelys jessoni Lydekker 1889 (no. 235090), Rhinochelys platyrhinus Seeley 1869 (no. 361538), Rhinochelys rheporhinus Seeley 1869 (no. 361539), Rhinochelys sphenicephalus Seeley 1869 (no. 361540)

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. On remains of Eocene and Mesozoic Chelonia and a tooth of (?) Ornithopsis. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 45:227-246

Belongs to Rhinochelys according to J. I. Collins 1970

Sister taxa: Rhinochelys amaberti, Rhinochelys elegans, Rhinochelys nammourensis, Rhinochelys pulchriceps

Type specimens:

• Rhinochelys cantabrigiensis: BMNH 43980, a partial skull
• Rhinochelys cardiocephalus:
• Rhinochelys dayi:
• Rhinochelys eurycephalus:
• Rhinochelys jessoni:
• Rhinochelys platyrhinus:
• Rhinochelys rheporhinus:
• Rhinochelys sphenicephalus:

Ecology: