†Kuhnemys orlovi Khosatzky 1976 (softshell turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Alternative combinations: Amyda orlovi, Gobiapalone orlovi
Full reference: L. I. Khosatzky. 1976. [A new representative of trionychids from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Gerpetologiya, Kubanskiy Gosudarstvennyy Universitet. Nauchnye Trudy 218:3-19
Belongs to Kuhnemys according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Danilov et al. 2014 and Sukhanov 2000
Sister taxa: Kuhnemys breviplastra, Kuhnemys maortuensis, Kuhnemys palaeocenica
Type specimen: PIN 557-1/1, a partial shell (incomplete carapace)
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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