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Pelodiscus
Taxonomy
Pelodiscus was named by Fitzinger (1835). It is extant.
It was assigned to Trionychidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Trionychinae by van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Trionychinae by Georgalis and Joyce (2017).
It was assigned to Trionychidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Trionychinae by van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Trionychinae by Georgalis and Joyce (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1835 | Pelodiscus Fitzinger |
| 1958 | Trionyx sinuosus Chow and Yeh |
| 1996 | Pelodiscus Frank and Ramus |
| 2014 | Pelodiscus van Dijk et al. |
| 2017 | Pelodiscus Georgalis and Joyce |
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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. Pelodiscus Fitzinger 1835
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Pelodiscus axenaria Zhou et al. 1991 [Hunan softshell turtle]
†Pelodiscus gracilia Yeh 1963
Pelodiscus maackii Brandt 1857 [Northern Chinese softshell turtle]
Pelodiscus parviformis Tang 1997 [Lesser Chinese softshell turtle]
Pelodiscus sinensis Wiegmann 1835 [Chinese softshell]
Invalid names: Trionyx sinuosus Chow and Yeh 1958 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||