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Petrochelys kyrgyzensis
Taxonomy
Trionyx kyrgyzensis was named by Nessov (1995). Its type specimen is CCMGE 186/12458, a partial skeleton (isolated left xiphiplastron, associated shell fragments, a partial skull and a lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kylodzhun I, which is in an Albian/Albian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Alamyshik Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
It was recombined as Kuhnemys kyrgyzensis by Chkhikvadze (1999); it was recombined as Petrochelys kyrgyzensis by Georgalis and Joyce (2017) and Vitek et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Kuhnemys kyrgyzensis by Chkhikvadze (1999); it was recombined as Petrochelys kyrgyzensis by Georgalis and Joyce (2017) and Vitek et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Trionyx kyrgyzensis Nessov pp. 137-140 figs. 3-4 |
| 1999 | Kuhnemys kyrgyzensis Chkhikvadze |
| 2014 | Trionyx kyrgyzensis Vitek and Danilov |
| 2017 | Petrochelys kyrgyzensis Georgalis and Joyce |
| 2017 | Petrochelys kyrgyzensis Vitek et al. |
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†Petrochelys kyrgyzensis Nessov 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available