Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1864. Revision of the species of Trionychidae found in Asia and Africa, with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864:76-98
Parent taxon: Trionychinae according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Chkhikvadze 2000, Frank and Ramus 1996 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Aulacochelys, Axestemys, Chitrini, Dogania, Nilssonia, Palea, Pelodiscus, Trionychini, Trionyx, Trionyx (Amyda) subangularis, Trionyx bambolii, Trionyx blayaci, Trionyx desmostyli, Trionyx dieupentalensis, Trionyx harmati, Trionyx irregularis, Trionyx pliopedemontana, Trionyx stadleri, Trionyx stiriacus
Subtaxa: Rafetus bohemicus Rafetus euphraticus Rafetus swinhoei
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Taiwan (1)
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.