Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Front page   Taxonomic history of the genus Taphrosphys Cope, 1869

    †Taphrosphys Cope, 1869
        †Prochonias

    †Taphrosphys congolensis (Dollo, 1913)

    †Taphrosphys sulcatus (Leidy, 1865)

    †Taphrosphys sp. cf. Taphrosphys sulcatus (Leidy, 1865) [Lapparent de Broin & Werner, 1998]

    †Taphrosphys phosphatica (De Stefano, 1903) Eoc. NAf.
        ††"Thalassochelys" phosphatica De Stefano, 1903
        †Gafsachelys phosphatica (De Stefano, 1903)

    †Taphrosphys rotundiformis (Bergounioux, 1952)
        †Eusarkia rotundiformis
        †Gafsachelys neurriregularis Bergounioux, 1952
        †Crassachelys neurirrugularis Moody, 1972
        †Gafsachelys moularensis Bergounioux, 1955
        †Euclastochelys interrupta Bergounioux, 1955

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

Lapparent de Broin, F. de, & Werner, C., 1998: New late Cretaceous turtles from the Western Desert, Egypt.
–Annales de Paléontologie: Vol. 84, #2, pp. 131-214