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Platypeltis ferox (Florida softshell turtle)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Trionyx ferox was named by Schneider (1783). It is extant. It is the type species of Platypeltis.

It was recombined as Platypeltis ferox by Hay (1908), Hay (1930); it was recombined as Apalone ferox by Meylan (1987), Meylan (1987), Weisrock and Janzen (2000), van Dijk et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Trionyx posterus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1783Trionyx ferox Schneider p. 330
1908Platypeltis ferox Hay p. 548
1930Platypeltis ferox Hay p. 112
1987Apalone ferox Meylan
2000Apalone ferox Weisrock and Janzen p. 153
2014Apalone ferox van Dijk et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyTrionychidaeGray 1825
genusPlatypeltisRafinesque 1832
speciesferox(Schneider 1783)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Platypeltis ferox Schneider 1783 [Florida softshell turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapacef
Adult length: 100 to < 1000f
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-25 13:24:04
Modified: 2005-09-09 19:45:41
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Trionyx ferox (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Trionyx ferox (154921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Trionyx ferox (152113)