Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Full reference: N. Valdes, J. R. Bourque, and N. S. Vitek. 2017. A new soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae, Apalone) from the Late Miocene of North-Central Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 55(6):117-138
Belongs to Apalone according to N. Valdes et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Apalone (Platypeltis), Apalone ferox, Apalone lima, Apalone mutica, Apalone spinifera, Apalone trionychoides
Type specimen: UF 43069, a shell (Nearly complete carapace (a right hyoplastron, UF 246380 may represent part of the same individual)). Its type locality is Love Bone Bed, which is in a Clarendonian marginal marine horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Love Bone Bed
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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