Trionyx henrici Owen and Bell 1849 (softshell turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Synonyms: Aulacochelys circumsulcatus Owen and Bell 1849, Trionyx barbarae Owen and Bell 1849, Trionyx circumsulcatus Owen and Bell 1849, Trionyx incrassatus Owen and Bell 1849, Trionyx marginatus Owen and Bell 1849, Trionyx planus Owen and Bell 1849, Trionyx rivosus Owen and Bell 1849

Full reference: R. Owen and T. Bell. 1849. Part I: Chelonia. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the London Clay and of the Bracklesham and other Tertiary beds 1-76

Belongs to Trionyx according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017

See also Lydekker 1889 and Lydekker 1889

Sister taxa: Trionyx admirabilis, Trionyx aequa, Trionyx allani, Trionyx austerus, Trionyx baynshirensis, Trionyx beecheri, Trionyx boulengeri, Trionyx capellinii, Trionyx dissolutus, Trionyx ellipticus, Trionyx eloisae, Trionyx foveatus, Trionyx gangeticus, Trionyx gilbentuensis, Trionyx gobiensis, Trionyx gregarius, Trionyx ikoviensis, Trionyx jixiensis, Trionyx johnsoni, Trionyx kansaiensis, Trionyx latus, Trionyx leucopotamicus, Trionyx linchuensis, Trionyx miensis, Trionyx minusculus, Trionyx miocaenus, Trionyx mira, Trionyx ninae, Trionyx nopcsai, Trionyx onomatoplokos, Trionyx phayrei, Trionyx pliocenicus, Trionyx reesidei, Trionyx riabinini, Trionyx robustus, Trionyx shiluutulensis, Trionyx silvestris, Trionyx singularis, Trionyx triunguis, Trionyx uintaensis, Trionyx vindobonensis

Type specimens:

  • Trionyx henrici: BMNH R30407, a carapace. Its type locality is Hordle Cliff Crocodile Bed, Hampshire, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Trionyx barbarae: BMNH R30409, a carapace. Its type locality is Hordle Cliff Crocodile Bed, Hampshire, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Trionyx circumsulcatus: BMNH 3404, a partial shell (costal bone). Its type locality is Hordle Cliff Crocodile Bed, Hampshire, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Trionyx incrassatus: BMNH R1433, a carapace. Its type locality is Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Trionyx marginatus: BMNH R30406, a carapace. Its type locality is Hordle Cliff Crocodile Bed, Hampshire, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Trionyx planus: BMNH R30410, a carapace. Its type locality is Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Trionyx rivosus: BMNH R30405, a carapace. Its type locality is Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 4 collections including 9 occurrences

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