Apalone (Platypeltis) Fitzinger 1835

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Alternative spelling: Platypeltis

Parent taxon: Apalone according to P. A. Meylan 1987

See also Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Hutchison 1992, Hutchison 1996, Sukhanov 2000 and Yeh 1963

Sister taxa: Apalone amorense, Apalone ferox, Apalone lima, Apalone mutica, Apalone spinifera, Apalone trionychoides

Subtaxa: Platypeltis ferox Platypeltis sternbergi

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Type: Trionyx ferox

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Florida, Georgia collections)

• Eocene of United States (3: Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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