Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Full reference: W. C. H. Peters. 1854. Übersicht der auf seiner Reise nach Mossambique beobachteten Schildkröten. Monatsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854:215-216
Parent taxon: Cyclanorbinae according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Carroll 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Cyclanorbis, Lissemys, Nemegtemys
Subtaxa: Cycloderma aubryi Cycloderma debroinae Cycloderma frenatum Cycloderma victoriae
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Malawi (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (2)
• Miocene of Kenya (2), Saudi Arabia (2)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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