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Trionyx linchuensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Amyda linchuensis was named by Yeh (1962). Its type specimen is IVPP V 1050, a partial skeleton (anterior portion of carapace and a broken skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niushan (Amyda linchuensis type locality), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Niushan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Trionyx linchuensis by Georgalis and Joyce (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. pliopedemontanus, T. truinguis, T. capellinii, T. posterus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Amyda linchuensis Yeh
2008Amyda linchuensis Brinkman et al. p. 73
2017Trionyx linchuensis Georgalis and Joyce

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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
subfamilyTrionychinaeGray 1825
genusTrionyx
specieslinchuensis()

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 linchuensis Yeh 1962
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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: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Shandong) Amyda linchuensis (type locality: 178832)