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

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

See also Danilov et al. 2014

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 henrici, 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 silvestris, Trionyx singularis, Trionyx triunguis, Trionyx uintaensis, Trionyx vindobonensis

Type specimen: MPC 25/166 (HMNS 97-21-56), a carapace (Carapace). Its type locality is Shiluut Ula [HMNS-GIN], which is in a Campanian/Campanian fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shiluut Ula [HMNS-GIN]

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.