Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Alternative combination: Amyda linchuensis
Full reference: H. K. Yeh. 1962. Note on two fossil trionychid turtles from Shantung and Chekiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 6:384-389
Belongs to Trionyx according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Brinkman et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Trionyx admirabilis, Trionyx aequa, Trionyx allani, Trionyx austerus, Trionyx baynshirensis, Trionyx beecheri, Trionyx boulengeri, 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 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 specimen: IVPP V 1050, a partial skeleton (anterior portion of carapace and a broken skull). Its type locality is Niushan (Amyda linchuensis type locality), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Niushan Formation of China.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Niushan (Amyda linchuensis type locality)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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