Claudius angustatus Cope 1865 (narrow-bridged musk turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1865. Third contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 17:185-198

Belongs to Claudius according to J. H. Hutchison 1991

See also van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 6518, a skeleton

Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Claudius angustatus in the database

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