Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Alternative combinations: Amyda lima, Trionyx lima
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Third contribution to the fauna of the Miocene period of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21(11):6-13
Belongs to Apalone according to R. E. Weems 2023
See also Cope 1870, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930 and Vitek and Joyce 2015
Sister taxa: Apalone (Platypeltis), Apalone amorense, Apalone ferox, Apalone mutica, Apalone spinifera, Apalone trionychoides
Type specimen: AMNH 1167, an osteoderm (fragment of the distal end of a costal plate). Its type locality is Shiloh Marl, which is in a Burdigalian marginal marine marl in the Kirkwood Formation of New Jersey.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Delaware, New Jersey collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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