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Trionyx capellinii

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Trionyx capellinii was named by Negri (1892). Its type specimen is MGP-PD 12883, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Purga, Vestenanova di Bolca, which is in an Eocene estuary/bay horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Trionyx (Amyda) capellinii by Bergounioux (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. pliopedemontanus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Trionyx affinis Negri
1892Trionyx capellinii Negri
1892Trionyx capellinii montevialensis Negri
1892Trionyx gemmellaroi Negri
1893Trionyx schaurothianus Negri
1894Trionyx capellinii conjugens Sacco
1895Trionyx capellinii gracilina Sacco
1895Trionyx capellinii perexpansa Sacco
1954Trionyx intermedius Bergounioux
1954Trionyx (Amyda) capellinii Bergounioux p. 55
1954Trionyx (Amyda) capellinii montevialensis Bergounioux p. 55
1954Trionyx (Amyda) capellinii schaurothianus Bergounioux p. 63
1954Trionyx (Amyda) capellinii gracilina Bergounioux p. 66
1954Trionyx insolitus Bergounioux p. 67
2017Trionyx capellinii 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
subfamilyTrionychinaeGray 1825
genusTrionyx
speciescapellinii

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 capellinii Negri 1892
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Invalid names: Trionyx affinis Negri 1892 [synonym], Trionyx capellinii conjugens Sacco 1894 [synonym], Trionyx capellinii gracilina Sacco 1895 [synonym], Trionyx capellinii montevialensis Negri 1892 [synonym], Trionyx capellinii perexpansa Sacco 1895 [synonym], Trionyx gemmellaroi Negri 1892 [synonym], Trionyx insolitus Bergounioux 1954 [synonym], Trionyx intermedius Bergounioux 1954 [synonym], Trionyx schaurothianus Negri 1893 [synonym]
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the MN 6 or 55.80000 to 12.75000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Italy (Verona) Trionyx capellinii, Trionyx affinis, Trionyx gemmellaroi, Trionyx intermedius (type locality: 144537)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Italy (Verona) Trionyx capellinii (48159)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy (Vicenza) Trionyx capellinii, Trionyx insolitus, Trionyx schaurothianus (84793)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Trionyx capellinii (65912)