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Trionyx allani

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Aspideretes allani was named by Gilmore (1923). Its type specimen is UALVP 01, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sand Creek (200 ft level) [UA], which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in Canada.

It was recombined as Aspideretoides allani by Gilmore (1923) and Gardner et al. (1995); it was recombined as Eugenechelys allani by Chkhikvadze (2000); it was recombined as Trionyx allani by Vitek and Joyce (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. pliopedemontanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Aspideretoides allani Gilmore
1923Aspideretes allani Gilmore pp. 1-2 figs. Pl. 1-5
1930Aspideretes allani Hay p. 108
1995Aspideretoides allani Gardner et al.
2000Eugenechelys allani Chkhikvadze
2015Trionyx allani Vitek and Joyce

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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
subfamilyTrionychinaeGray 1825
genusTrionyx
speciesallani()

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.

†Trionyx allani Gilmore 1923
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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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Aspideretes allani (type locality: 177170)