Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Back to Dermochelyoidea   Taxonomic history of the genus Cimochelys Zangerl, 1960

    †Cimochelys Owen, 1841
        Emys
        Chelone

    †Cimochelys benstedi (Mantell, 1841) Zangerl, 1960
        †Emys benstedi Mantell, 1841
        †Chelone (Cimochelys) benstedi (Mantell) Owen, 1841
        †Chelone benstedi (Mantell) Owen, 1841
        †Cimochelys benstedi (Mantell) Zangerl, 1960

Reference(s):

Lapparent de Broin, F. de, 2000: African chelonians from the Jurassic to the Present: Phases of development and preliminary catalogue of the fossil record.
–Palaeontologica Africana:Vol. 36, pp. 43-82