Aulacochelys Lydekker 1889 (softshell turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Preliminary notice of new fossil Chelonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6th Series 3:53-54

Parent taxon: Trionychinae according to R. Lydekker 1889

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aulacochelys in the database

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