Amyda cartilaginea Boddaert 1770 (softshell turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Synonym: Trionyx trinilensis Jaekel 1911
Full reference: P. Boddaert. 1770. Brief van de kraakbeenige schildpad. Epistola de testudine cartilaginea. 1-39
Belongs to Amyda according to Boddaert 1770
See also van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxon: Amyda exquisita
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Trinil (Quaternary of Indonesia)
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