Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Synonym: Trionyx clavatomarginatus Lörenthey 1903
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 Trionyx according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017
Sister taxa: Trionyx admirabilis, Trionyx aequa, Trionyx allani, Trionyx austerus, Trionyx baynshirensis, Trionyx beecheri, Trionyx capellinii, Trionyx dissolutus, Trionyx ellipticus, Trionyx eloisae, Trionyx foveatus, Trionyx gangeticus, Trionyx gilbentuensis, Trionyx gobiensis, Trionyx gregarius, Trionyx henrici, Trionyx ikoviensis, Trionyx jixiensis, Trionyx johnsoni, Trionyx kansaiensis, Trionyx latus, Trionyx leucopotamicus, Trionyx linchuensis, Trionyx miensis, Trionyx minusculus, Trionyx miocaenus, Trionyx mira, Trionyx ninae, Trionyx nopcsai, Trionyx onomatoplokos, Trionyx phayrei, Trionyx pliocenicus, Trionyx reesidei, Trionyx riabinini, Trionyx robustus, Trionyx shiluutulensis, Trionyx silvestris, Trionyx singularis, Trionyx triunguis, Trionyx uintaensis, Trionyx vindobonensis
Type specimens:
- Trionyx boulengeri: BMNH 36765, a carapace. Its type locality is Alzey, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Germany.
- Trionyx clavatomarginatus: MTB 15982H, a carapace. Its type locality is Cluj-Napoca, which is in a Priabonian marine limestone in the Cluj Limestone Formation of Romania.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
• Eocene of Romania (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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