After Hirayama, 1997, Moody, 1997 and Lapparent de Broin, 2000
<==o †Osteopygidae [Osteopyginae sensu Hirayama, 1997] |--o †Lytoloma Lydekker, 1889; U. Cret. WEu. | |?- †L. crassicostatum | |?- †L. gosseleti | |-- †L. cantabrigiense Lydekker, 1889 | `-- †L. elegans Bergouniouz, 1952 [L. crassa Bergouniouz, 1952] `--+?- †Neurochelys harvicensis |?- †Lophochelys `--+-- †Osteopygis emarginatus Cope, 1868; U.Cret.-Pal. NA. [taxonomic history] `--o †Erquelinnesia Hay, 1908(?); Eoc. Eu. |-- †E. planimentum [Lytoloma planimentum] `?- †E. molnaria Hay, 1908 [synon. => Osteopygis]
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in Callaway, J. M. & Nicholls, E. L., (eds.), 1997: Ancient marine reptiles.
–Academic Press, San Diego, 1997, pp. xlvi - 501 - Lapparent de Broin, F. de, 2000: African chelonians from the Jurassic to the Present: Phases of development and preliminary catalogue of the fossil record.
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–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: Nr. 90, iii-365