Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Alternative combination: Aspideretes fuchiensis
Full reference: H. -K. Yeh. 1974. [A new fossil Tronyx from Fuchien]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 12(3):190-192
Belongs to Trionyx (Aspideretes) according to H. -K. Yeh 1974
See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Chkhikvadze 2000 and Georgalis and Joyce 2017
Sister taxa: Aspideretes gangeticus, Aspideretes hurum, Aspideretes leithii, Aspideretes nigricans, Aspideretes sinuosus
Type specimen: IVPP V4708, a shell. Its type locality is Trionyx (Aspideretes) fuchienensis type site, 'Fuchien Province', which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial horizon in China.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Trionyx (Aspideretes) fuchienensis type site, 'Fuchien Province'
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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