ammonites
†subfamily Lophochelyinae Zangerl 1953 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae

Alternative spelling: Lophocheliinae

Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277

Parent taxon: Toxochelyidae according to H.-V. Karl et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Macrobaeninae, Toxochelyinae

Subtaxa: Ctenochelys, Lophochelys, Neurochelys, Oertelia, Peritresius, Prionochelys

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore