Rhinochelys
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Rhinochelys Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous |
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| Fossil of Rhinochelys nammourensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Protostegidae |
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Rhinochelys Seeley, 1869 |
Rhinochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtles belonging to the family Protostegidae (sometimes placed by some authors in the family Desmatochelyidae).
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the upper Cretaceous of Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Lebanon (age range: 99.7 to 89.3 million years ago).
Species within this genus include:
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