†Kuhnemys Chkhikvadze 1999 (softshell turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Full reference: V. M. Chkhikvadze. 1999. Some fossil soft-shelled turtles of Asia (Rafetini trib. nov.). Trudy Tbilisskogo Gosudarstvennogo Pedagogicheskogo Universiteta 5:215-225
Parent taxon: Kuhnemydinae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2022
See also Georgalis and Joyce 2017
Sister taxa: Perochelys, Petrochelys
Subtaxa: Kuhnemys breviplastra Kuhnemys maortuensis Kuhnemys orlovi Kuhnemys palaeocenica
Type: Aspideretes maortuensis
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Mongolia (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of China (2), Mongolia (9)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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