Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Synonyms: Trionyx hurum Gray 1831, Trionyx hurum sivalensis Lydekker 1889

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1830. A synopsis of the species of the class Reptilia. The Class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. In: E. Griffith, ed. The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed 9:75-76

Belongs to Nilssonia according to Gray 1831

See also Lydekker 1889 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Nilssonia formosa, Nilssonia gangetica, Nilssonia leithii, Nilssonia nigricans

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Indus Valley of Punjab (Pliocene of Pakistan)

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