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Chitrini
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).
It was assigned to Trionychinae by Meylan (1987); and to Trionychinae by Cadena (2016).
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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. †Palaeoamyda Cadena 2016
Diagnosis
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P. A. Meylan 1987 | Trionychine 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. |