Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Full reference: N. S. Vitek, I. G. Danilov, Y. Nakajima and R. Hirayama. 2017. Redescription of the skull of ‘Trionyx’ kyrgyzensis and improved phylogenetic taxon sampling of Cretaceous and Palaeogene soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Asia, including the oldest crown trionychids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Parent taxon: Kuhnemydinae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2022
See also Georgalis and Joyce 2017 and Vitek et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Kuhnemys, Perochelys
Subtaxa: Petrochelys kyrgyzensis
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kyrgyzstan (1 collection), Uzbekistan (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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