Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Alternative combination: Plastomenus trionychoides

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Descriptions of some new Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:460-465

Belongs to Apalone according to J. H. Hutchison 1996

Sister taxa: Apalone (Platypeltis), Apalone amorense, Apalone ferox, Apalone lima, Apalone mutica, Apalone spinifera

Type specimen: USNM 4094, a partial shell. Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek badlands (Bridger B), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Apalone trionychoides in the database

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