Cycloderma Peters 1854 (softshell turtle)

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

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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

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