Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Full reference: L. Li, H. Tong, W. Gu and J. Liu. 2015. A new trionychid turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Heilongjiang Province, Northeastern China. Cretaceous Research 56:155-160
Belongs to Trionyx according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Li et al. 2015
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 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 specimen: GMH H2008JI20, a carapace (carapace). Its type locality is Yufeng Village, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Chengzihe Formation of China.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Yufeng Village
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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