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Striatochelys
Discussion
Etymology. The genus name is female and derives from the Latin word striatus meaning streaked due to the multiple anteroposteriorly running ridges across the carapace, resulting in a furrowed surface, and chelys meaning turtle in Greek.
Taxonomy
Striatochelys was named by Massonne et al. (2023). Its type is Striatochelys baba.
It was assigned to Trionychidae by Massonne et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Trionychidae by Massonne et al. (2023).
Species
S. baba (type species), S. impressa
Entered
by E. Vlachos on 2023-08-03; modified by E. Vlachos on 2023-08-04
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Striatochelys Massonne et al. |
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G. †Striatochelys Massonne et al. 2023
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†Striatochelys baba Massonne et al. 2023
†Striatochelys impressa Yeh 1963
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| T. Massonne et al. 2023 | Members of Pan-Trionychidae can be diagnosed by the following shell features: (1) the presence of sculpturing that covers all metaplastic portions of the shell bones; (2) absence of scutes; (3) absence of peripherals; (4) absence of pygals; (5) absence of suprapygals; (6) boomerang-shaped entoplastron; and (7) a plywood-like microstructure in the metaplastic portions of the shell |