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Apalone (Platypeltis)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Platypeltis was named by Fitzinger (1835). It is extant. Its type is Trionyx ferox.

It was reranked as Apalone (Platypeltis) by Meylan (1987) and Hutchison (1996).

It was assigned to Trionychidae by Yeh (1963); to Apalone by Meylan (1987) and Hutchison (1996); and to Trionychidae by Hay (1908), Hay (1930), Hutchison (1992) and Sukhanov (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Platypeltis Fitzinger
1908Platypeltis Hay p. 536
1930Platypeltis Hay p. 112
1963Platypeltis Yeh
1987Apalone (Platypeltis) Meylan
1992Platypeltis Hutchison
1996Apalone (Platypeltis) Hutchison p. 339
2000Platypeltis Sukhanov p. 346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
subgenusPlatypeltis(Fitzinger 1835)

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.

Subg. Apalone (Platypeltis) Fitzinger 1835
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Platypeltis ferox Schneider 1783 [Florida softshell turtle]
†Platypeltis sternbergi Wiman 1933
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 50.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Platypeltis sp. (16270 70257)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Platypeltis sp. (186888)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Trionyx ferox (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Trionyx ferox (154921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Trionyx ferox (152113)