Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Alternative combinations: Aspideretes singularis, Paleotrionyx singularis
Synonyms: Aspideretes puercensis Hay 1908, Aspideretes sagatus Hay 1908, Axestemys puercensis Hay 1908, Hummelichelys sagatus Hay 1908, Paleotrionyx puercensis Hay 1908, Trionyx puercensis Hay 1908
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1907. Descriptions of seven new species of turtles from the Tertiary of the United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(34):847-863
Belongs to Trionyx according to N. S. Vitek and W. G. Joyce 2015
See also Chkhikvadze 2000, Gaffney 1979, Hay 1907, Hay 1908, Hay 1930 and Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
Sister taxa: Trionyx admirabilis, Trionyx aequa, Trionyx allani, Trionyx austerus, Trionyx baynshirensis, Trionyx beecheri, Trionyx boulengeri, Trionyx capellinii, Trionyx dissolutus, Trionyx ellipticus, Trionyx eloisae, Trionyx foveatus, Trionyx gangeticus, Trionyx gilbentuensis, Trionyx gobiensis, Trionyx gregarius, Trionyx henrici, Trionyx ikoviensis, Trionyx jixiensis, Trionyx johnsoni, Trionyx kansaiensis, Trionyx latus, Trionyx leucopotamicus, Trionyx linchuensis, Trionyx miensis, Trionyx minusculus, Trionyx miocaenus, Trionyx mira, Trionyx ninae, Trionyx nopcsai, Trionyx onomatoplokos, Trionyx phayrei, Trionyx pliocenicus, Trionyx reesidei, Trionyx riabinini, Trionyx robustus, Trionyx shiluutulensis, Trionyx silvestris, Trionyx triunguis, Trionyx uintaensis, Trionyx vindobonensis
Type specimens:
- Trionyx singularis: AMNH 1028, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton including skull and limbs). Its type locality is Chaco CaƱon Aspideretes singularis Type Locality, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
- Aspideretes puercensis: AMNH 1202, a partial shell. Its type locality is Aspideretes puercensis type locality, ?southern part of Rio Arriba County, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in New Mexico.
- Aspideretes sagatus: AMNH 1201, a shell (complete carapace).
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (7: Colorado, New Mexico collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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