Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Alternative combinations: Palaeoamyda messeliana, Trionyx messelianus
Synonyms: Rafetoides austriacus Peters 1858, Trionyx messelianus kochi Hummel 1927, Trionyx messelianus lepsiusi Hummel 1927
Full reference: A. v.o.n. Reinach. 1900. Schildkrötenreste im Mainzer Tertiärbecken und in benachbarten ungefähr gleichaltrigen Ablagerungen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 28:1-135
Belongs to Rafetoides according to H.-V. Karl 2018
See also Cadena 2016, Georgalis and Joyce 2017 and Karl and Müller 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Rafetoides messelianus: SMF R106, a partial shell (almost complete carapace and a hyoplastron fragment). Its type locality is Messel, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine shale in the Messel Formation of Germany.
- Rafetoides austriacus:
- Trionyx messelianus kochi: HLMD Me4194a,b, a partial skeleton.
- Trionyx messelianus lepsiusi: HLMD Me1460, a partial shell.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of Germany (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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