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Apalone spinifera (spiny softshell turtle)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Trionyx spiniferus was named by LeSueur (1827). It is extant.

It was corrected as Trionyx spinifer by Wilson (1967); it was recombined as Apalone spinifera by Meylan (1987), Weisrock and Janzen (2000), van Dijk et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Trionyx spiniferus LeSueur
1967Trionyx spinifer Wilson p. 205
1987Apalone spinifera Meylan
1990Trionyx spiniferus Holman et al. p. 524
2000Apalone spinifera Weisrock and Janzen p. 153
2014Apalone spinifera 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
genusApaloneRafinesque 1832
speciesspinifera(LeSueur 1827)

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.

Apalone spinifera LeSueur 1827 [spiny 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: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 9.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Alabama) Apalone spinifera (176945)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Apalone spinifera (18359)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Trionyx spinifer (20390)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Trionyx spinifer (200325)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Apalone spinifera (230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Trionyx spiniferus (84181)