Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 235088

Synonyms: Rhinochelys brachyrhina Lydekker 1889 (no. 235089), Rhinochelys macrorhina Lydekker 1889 (no. 235087), Rhinochelys mastocephalus Seeley 1869 (no. 361533), Rhinochelys stenicephalus Seeley 1869 (no. 361534)

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 cantabrigiensis, Rhinochelys nammourensis, Rhinochelys pulchriceps

Type specimens:

• Rhinochelys elegans: BMNH 41796, a partial skeleton (anterior portion of the cranium)
• Rhinochelys brachyrhina:
• Rhinochelys macrorhina: BMNH 35193, a partial skull.
• Rhinochelys mastocephalus:
• Rhinochelys stenicephalus:

Ecology: