Gobiapalone Danilov et al. 2014 (softshell turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Full reference: I. G. Danilov, R. Hirayama, V. B. Sukhanov, S. Suzuki, M. Watabe and N. S. Vitek. 2014. Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: new diversity, records, and a revision. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(7):799-832

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

See also Danilov et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Apalonina, Oliveremys, Rafetoides, Rafetoidina, Trionychina

Subtaxa: none

Type: Gobiapalone orlovi

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Khermin Tsav I, Lower White Beds [HMNS-GIN] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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