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Cycloderma victoriae

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Trionychidae

Discussion

holotype number not listed in Andrews; given in Meylan et al. 1990.

Taxonomy
Cycloderma victoriae was named by Andrews (1914). Its type specimen is BMNH R 4105, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Karungu, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. debrionae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Cycloderma victoriae Andrews p. 183 figs. 1-4, plate XXVII
2017Cycloderma victoriae Georgalis and Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyTrionychidaeGray 1825
subfamilyCyclanorbinae(Hummel 1929)
genusCycloderma
speciesvictoriae

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.

†Cycloderma victoriae Andrews 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available