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Cycloderma debroinae

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Cycloderma debroinae was named by Meylan et al. (1990). Its type specimen is NMK-LT-17200, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lothagam 1, which is in a Messinian/Piacenzian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Lothagam 1 Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al.
2017Cycloderma debroinae Georgalis 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
subfamilyCyclanorbinae(Hummel 1929)
genusCycloderma
speciesdebroinae

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.

Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al. 1990
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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 Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) Cycloderma debroinae (type locality: 21332)