Cyclanorbis turkanensis Meylan et al. 1990 (softshell turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Full reference: P. A. Meylan, B.S. Weig, and R. Wood. 1990. Fossil soft-shelled turtles of the Lake Turkana Basin,Africa. Copeia 1:508-528

Belongs to Cyclanorbis according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017

See also Meylan et al. 1990

Sister taxa: Cyclanorbis elegans, Cyclanorbis senegalensis

Type specimen: KNM-KP-17196, a partial skeleton (carapace). Its type locality is Kanapoi, Bed E, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Kanapoi Formation of Kenya.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Kenya (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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