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Trionyx eloisae

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Amyda eloisae was named by Gilmore (1919). Its type specimen is USNM 8540, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Juan Basin (non-specific), which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

It was recombined as Rafetus (Axestemys) eloisae by Chkhikvadze (2000); it was recombined as Trionyx eloisae by Vitek and Joyce (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Amyda eloisae Gilmore p. 63 figs. Pl. 24
1930Amyda eloisae Hay p. 111
2000Rafetus (Axestemys) eloisae Chkhikvadze
2015Trionyx eloisae Vitek and Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyTrionychidaeGray 1825
subfamilyTrionychinaeGray 1825
genusTrionyx
specieseloisae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Trionyx eloisae Gilmore 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapacef
Adult length: 100 to < 1000f
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-25 13:24:04
Modified: 2005-09-09 19:45:41
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Amyda eloisae (125183)