Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Back to Dermochelyoidea   Taxonomic history of the genus Rhinochelys Seeley, 1869

After Hirayama, 1997 and Hooks, 1998

    †Rhinochelys Seeley, 1869

    †Rhinochelys pulchriceps (Owen, 1851)
        †Rhinochelys macrorhina Lydekker, 1889
        †Rhinochelys jessoni Lydekker, 1889
        †Lytoloma cantabridgiensis (Lydekker, 1889) (in partim)
        ?†Cimochelys benstedi [Mantell, 1841] (nomen nudum?)
        †Rhinochelys pulchriceps (Owen, 1851) Hirayama, 1998

    †Rhinochelys elegans Lydekker, 1889
        †Rhinochelys pulchriceps (Owen, 1851) Hirayama, 1998

    †Rhinochelys cantabridgiensis Lydekker, 1889
        †Lytoloma cantabridgiensis (Lydekker, 1889) (in partim)
        †Rhinochelys pulchriceps (Owen, 1851) Hirayama, 1998

    †Rhinochelys amaberti Moret, 1935
        †Rhinochelys pulchriceps (Owen, 1851) Hirayama, 1998

Reference(s):

Hirayama, R., 1997: Distribution and diversity of Cretaceous chelonioids. 225-243.
in Callaway, J. M. & Nicholls, E. L., (eds.), 1997: Ancient marine reptiles.
–Academic Press, San Diego, 1997, pp. xlvi - 501

Hooks, III, G. E., 1998: Systematic revision of the Protostegidae, with a redescription of Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl, 1953.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 18, #1, pp. 85-98