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Chitrini

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Chitrini was named by Gray (1870). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Meylan (1987).

It was assigned to Trionychinae by Meylan (1987); and to Trionychinae by Cadena (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Chitrini Gray
1987Chitrini Meylan
2016Chitrini Cadena

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
tribeChitriniGray 1870
tribeChitriniGray 1870

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.

Tr. Chitrini Gray 1870
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G. Amyda Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Amyda cartilaginea Boddaert 1770
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Invalid names: Trionyx trinilensis Jaekel 1911 [synonym]
Amyda exquisita Hay 1908
G. †Palaeoamyda Cadena 2016
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Meylan 1987Trionychine trionychids in which the foramen posterius canalis carotici interni lies within a ridge extending laterally from the basioccipital tubercle, the eighth cervical has a small ventral keel, and the epipterygoid usually does not contact the palatine but usually does contact the prootic anterior to the foramen nervi trigemini.