Trinitichelys Gaffney 1972 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312

Parent taxon: Baenidae according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2016

See also Anquetin 2012, Anquetin et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Gaffney 1972, Joyce 2007, Joyce and Lyson 2015, Lyson and Joyce 2010, Lyson and Joyce 2011 and Perea et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Baena platyplastra, Baeninae, Baenodda, Edowa, Eubaena, Gehennachelys, Hayemydinae, Hayemys, Lakotemys, Neurankylus, Peckemys, Probaena, Protobaena, Stygichelys, Thescelus, Thescelus hemispherica, Trinitychelyinae

Subtaxa: Trinitichelys hiatti

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Type: Trinitichelys hiatti

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at 1 mile from Hardy, on road to Forestburg (Cretaceous of Texas)

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