Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Alternative combinations: Eurycephalochelys vittatus, Palaeotrionyx vittatus, Trionyx vittatus

Synonyms: Eurycephalochelys fowleri Moody and Walker 1970, Trionyx levalensis Dollo 1909

Full reference: A. Pomel. 1847. Note sur les mammifères et reptiles fossiles des terrains éocènes de Paris, inférieurs au dépôt gypseux. Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de Genève 4:326-330

Belongs to Axestemys according to A. Perez-Garcia and T. Smith 2021

See also Augé et al. 1997, Broin 1977, Dollo 1909, Georgalis and Joyce 2017, Lydekker 1889 and Moody and Walker 1970

Sister taxa: Axestemys byssina, Axestemys byssinus, Axestemys cerevisia, Axestemys erquelinnensis, Axestemys infernalis, Axestemys montinsana, Axestemys quinni, Axestemys splendidus, Rafetus (Axestemys) exquisitus, Rafetus (Axestemys) nelsoni

Type specimens:

• Axestemys vittata: MNHN specimen, a carapace. Its type locality is Muirancourt, which is in an Eocene terrestrial lignite in France.
• Eurycephalochelys fowleri: BMNH R8445, a partial skull. Its type locality is East Wittering, Bracklesham Bay, Wittering Formation W14(i), which is in a MP 10 marginal marine horizon in the Wittering Formation of the United Kingdom.
• Trionyx levalensis: IRSNB 1720, a partial shell. Its type locality is Leval (Trieu), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Tienen Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

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