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Trionyx gobiensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Trionyx gobiensis was named by Danilov et al. (2014). Its type specimen is PIN 4064-2, a carapace (incomplete carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bamba Khuduk (PIN coll. 4064), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. pliopedemontanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Trionyx gobiensis Danilov et al. p. 22
2017Trionyx gobiensis 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
speciesgobiensis

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 gobiensis Danilov et al. 2014
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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: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Trionyx gobiensis (65345 type locality: 154396) Trionyx sp. a (38705)