Nilssonia Gray 1869 (Burmese peacock softshells)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Parent taxon: Trionychinae according to P. P. van Dijk et al. 2014
See also Frank and Ramus 1996
Sister taxa: Aulacochelys, Axestemys, Chitrini, Dogania, Palea, Pelodiscus, Rafetus, Trionychini, Trionyx, Trionyx (Amyda) subangularis, Trionyx bambolii, Trionyx blayaci, Trionyx desmostyli, Trionyx dieupentalensis, Trionyx harmati, Trionyx irregularis, Trionyx pliopedemontana, Trionyx stadleri, Trionyx stiriacus
Subtaxa: Nilssonia formosa Nilssonia gangetica Nilssonia hurum Nilssonia leithii Nilssonia nigricans
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Indus Valley of Punjab (Pliocene of Pakistan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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