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Cycloderma

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cycloderma Peters
1988Cycloderma Carroll
1996Cycloderma Frank and Ramus
2014Cycloderma van Dijk et al.
2017Cycloderma 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

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. Cycloderma Peters 1854
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Cycloderma aubryi Joyce and Lyson 2010
†Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al. 1990
Cycloderma frenatum Peters 1854
†Cycloderma victoriae Andrews 1914
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya C. victoriae (146600)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia C. sp. (47026 47074)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya C. frenatum (22243)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya C. debrionae, C. frenatum (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya (Turkana District) C. debroinae (21332)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya C. frenatum, C. debroinae (22237)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi (Northern) C. sp. (226065)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi C. frenatum (22271)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa C. sp. (22346)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Malawi (Karonga District) C. frenatum (185322)