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Trionyx dissolutus

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Trionyx dissolutus was named by Vitek and Danilov (2014). Its type specimen is ZIN PH 51/86, a carapace (external and visceral impressions of posterior part of carapace of one individual), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Itemir I, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in Uzbekistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Trionyx dissolutus Vitek and Danilov p. 5
2017Trionyx dissolutus 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
speciesdissolutus

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 dissolutus Vitek and Danilov 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: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Uzbekistan (Navoi) Trionyx dissolutus (type locality: 58471)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Uzbekistan (Karakalpakistan) Trionyx dissolutus (64098)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) Trionyx dissolutus (58466 58490 59694)