Subfamily Trionychinae Gray 1825 (softshell turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Parent taxon: Trionychidae according to A. Perez-Garcia and T. Smith 2021

See also Danilov and Vitek 2013, Danilov et al. 2011, Georgalis and Joyce 2017, Head et al. 2006, Head et al. 1999, Holman 2002, Holman and Case 1988, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Hutchison 1996, Hutchison and Holroyd 2003, Hutchison et al. 2004, Karl 2007, Karl and Lindow 2012, Kuhn 1966, Lydekker 1889, Meylan 1987, Pérez-García et al. 2013, Staesche et al. 2007, Valdes et al. 2017, van Dijk et al. 2014, Veress and Codrea 2020, Vitek 2012 and Weems 1988

Sister taxa: Altaytrionyx, Altaytrionyx burtschaki, Altaytrionyx devjatkini, Altaytrionyx phiruzae, Amyda menneri, Apalone, Aspideretes, Aspideretes jaxarticus, Aspideretes muyuensis, Aspidonectes, Aspilus, Aspilus cortesii, Chitra minor, Chitrainae, Conchochelys, Crassithecachelys, Cyclanorbinae, Eugenechelys, Hummelichelys, Kuhnemydinae, Lissemydinae, Paleotrionyx, Paleotrionyx jimenezfuentesi, Plastomenus gabunii, Plastomenus jaxarticus, Plastomenus mlynarskii, Platypeltis subcircularis, Procyclanorbis, Rafetini, Rafetus karkhualexandri, Rafetus yexiangkuii, Striatochelys, Temnotrionyx, Trionyx acutiformis, Trionyx amansii, Trionyx anthracotheriorum, Trionyx aquitanicus, Trionyx aspidiformis, Trionyx australiensis, Trionyx austriacus, Trionyx borkenensis, Trionyx bowerbanki, Trionyx bruxelliensis, Trionyx burdigalensis, Trionyx capellinii bulgaricus, Trionyx chaubeti, Trionyx ciryi, Trionyx cliftii, Trionyx croaticus, Trionyx danovi, Trionyx dodunii, Trionyx elongatus, Trionyx erquelinnensis, Trionyx hilberi, Trionyx ishiharaensis, Trionyx italicus, Trionyx jakhimovitchae, Trionyx kazusensis, Trionyx khosatzkyi, Trionyx laurillardii, Trionyx lockardi, Trionyx lorioli, Trionyx manouri, Trionyx marini, Trionyx moldaviensis, Trionyx mourieri, Trionyx munzenbergensis, Trionyx oligocenica, Trionyx oweni, Trionyx parisiensis, Trionyx partschii, Trionyx pedemontana, Trionyx petersi trifailensis, Trionyx pliocaenicus, Trionyx pompignanensis, Trionyx pontanus, Trionyx portisi, Trionyx preschenensis, Trionyx propinquus, Trionyx pseudovindobonensis, Trionyx pustulatus, Trionyx ragusensis, Trionyx reticulatus, Trionyx rocchettiana, Trionyx roncensis, Trionyx rotundiformis, Trionyx sculptus, Trionyx senckenbergianus, Trionyx senensis, Trionyx siegeri, Trionyx sophiae, Trionyx stormsi, Trionyx ubeensis, Trionyx valdensis, Trionyx zakhidovi, Zaisanonyx, Zangerlichelys

Subtaxa: Aulacochelys Axestemys Chitrini Dogania Nilssonia Palea Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionychini Trionyx Trionyx (Amyda) subangularis Trionyx bambolii Trionyx blayaci Trionyx desmostyli Trionyx dieupentalensis Trionyx harmati Trionyx irregularis Trionyx pliopedemontana Trionyx stadleri Trionyx stiriacus

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Type: Trionyx

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (3 collections), Egypt (7), India (1), Indonesia (2), Israel (3), Kenya (20), Mali (1), Sudan (2), Taiwan (1), Thailand (5), United States (3: Kansas, Texas)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1), Kenya (5), Uganda (1)

• Pliocene of Chad (2), China (1), Egypt (2), France (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), Kenya (1), Malawi (1), Pakistan (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)

• MN 13 of Turkey (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Alabama)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Austria (10), China (5), the Czech Republic (1), France (23), Germany (35), India (2), Italy (6), Japan (1), Kenya (5), Libya (2), Moldova (1), Nepal (4), Pakistan (4), Portugal (2), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (2), Spain (10), Switzerland (2), Thailand (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (11), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (9), United States (6: Nebraska, South Carolina, Texas)

• Neogene of Myanmar (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of France (1)

• Oligocene of France (12), Germany (8), Italy (1), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (4), Slovenia (1), Turkey (1), United States (1: North Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of France (2)

• Eocene of Belgium (3), Bulgaria (1), Canada (2: Saskatchewan), China (5), France (27), Germany (5), India (2), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (1), Myanmar (10), Pakistan (1), Romania (4), Spain (6), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (30: California, Florida, Georgia, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Belgium (2), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Denmark (4), France (4), United States (32: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota)

• Cretaceous of Canada (37: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (3), Kazakhstan (6), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (13), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (81: Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (8)

Total: 560 collections including 615 occurrences

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