Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Alternative spelling: Trionyx (Amyda)
Parent taxon: Chitrini according to E. Cadena 2016
See also Bergounioux 1954, Brinkman et al. 2008, Cope 1875, Cope 1884, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gilmore 1915, Gilmore 1931, Gilmore 1934, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Lydekker 1889, Sukhanov 2000, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Yeh 1963
Sister taxon: Palaeoamyda
Subtaxa: Amyda cartilaginea Amyda exquisita
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (2 collections), Indonesia (1), Thailand (5)
• Eocene of United States (3: California, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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