Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Full reference: L. Fitzinger. 1835. Entwurf einer systematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der natürlichen Methode. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 1:104-128
Parent taxon: Trionychinae according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Frank and Ramus 1996 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Aulacochelys, Axestemys, Chitrini, Dogania, Nilssonia, Palea, Rafetus, Trionychini, Trionyx, Trionyx (Amyda) subangularis, Trionyx bambolii, Trionyx blayaci, Trionyx desmostyli, Trionyx dieupentalensis, Trionyx harmati, Trionyx irregularis, Trionyx pliopedemontana, Trionyx stadleri, Trionyx stiriacus
Subtaxa: Pelodiscus axenaria Pelodiscus gracilia Pelodiscus maackii Pelodiscus parviformis Pelodiscus sinensis Trionyx sinuosus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province (Pliocene of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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