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Kuhnemys

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Trionychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Kuhnemys Chkhikvadze
2017Kuhnemys Georgalis and Joyce
2022Kuhnemys Jasinski 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
subfamilyKuhnemydinae
genusKuhnemys

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.

G. †Kuhnemys Chkhikvadze 1999
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Kuhnemys breviplastra Danilov et al. 2014
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Invalid names: Aspideretes alashanensis Yeh 1965 [synonym], Trionyx alashanensis Yeh 1965 [synonym]
Kuhnemys orlovi Khosatzky 1976
Kuhnemys palaeocenica Danilov et al. 2015
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 Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 121.40000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Nei Mongol) Aspideretes maortuensis, Aspideretes alashanensis (66924)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Gobiapalone orlovi (108340)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Dornogov) Amyda orlovi (79702) Gobiapalone orlovi (55758)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Nei Mongol) Aspideretes alashanensis (144651)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Gobiapalone breviplastra (13108 127679 154391 154392)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Gobiapalone breviplastra (91909)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mongolia (Tuva) Testudines indet. (76192)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Mongolia Gobiapalone palaeocenica (172829)