Tribe Trionychini Gray 1825 (softshell turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Parent taxon: Trionychinae according to I. G. Danilov et al. 2014

See also Danilov and Vitek 2013, Hutchison 1996, Karl 2007, Karl 2018, Karl and Lindow 2012, Meylan 1987 and Weisrock and Janzen 2000

Sister taxa: Aulacochelys, Axestemys, Chitrini, Dogania, Nilssonia, Palea, Pelodiscus, Rafetus, Trionyx, Trionyx (Amyda) subangularis, Trionyx bambolii, Trionyx blayaci, Trionyx desmostyli, Trionyx dieupentalensis, Trionyx harmati, Trionyx irregularis, Trionyx pliopedemontana, Trionyx stadleri, Trionyx stiriacus

Subtaxa: Apalonina Gobiapalone Oliveremys Rafetoides Rafetoidina Trionychina

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Texas collection)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1)

• Eocene of Germany (5), United States (5: Utah, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Denmark (4)

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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