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Chitra
Taxonomy
Chitra was named by Gray (1844). It is extant. It is the type genus of Chitrainae.
It was assigned to Trionychidae by Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996); to Trionychinae by Lydekker (1889) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Chitrainae by Jasinski et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Trionychidae by Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996); to Trionychinae by Lydekker (1889) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Chitrainae by Jasinski et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Chitra Gray |
| 1889 | Chitra Lydekker p. 4 |
| 1988 | Chitra Carroll |
| 1996 | Chitra Frank and Ramus |
| 2014 | Chitra van Dijk et al. |
| 2022 | Chitra Jasinski et al. |
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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.
G. Chitra Gray 1844
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Chitra vandijki McCord and Pritchard 2003 [Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Miocene | Nepal | C. indica (48681) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) | C. sp. (144187) | |
| Quaternary | India | C. indica (28180) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) | C. sp. (143885) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Indonesia (Jawa Timur) | C. selenkae (93521) |