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Cyclanorbinae

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Cyclanorbinae was named by Hummel (1929). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Cyclanorbinae by Georgalis and Joyce (2017).

It was assigned to Trionychidae by Kuhn (1966) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Trionychidae by Danilov et al. (2014) and Georgalis and Joyce (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Cyclanorbinae Hummel
1966Cyclanorbinae Kuhn p. 30
2014Cyclanorbinae Danilov et al.
2014Cyclanorbinae van Dijk et al.
2017Cyclanorbinae 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
subfamilyCyclanorbinae(Hummel 1929)
subfamilyCyclanorbinae(Hummel 1929)

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.

Subfm. Cyclanorbinae Hummel 1929
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G. Cyclanorbis Gray 1854
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Cyclanorbis senegalensis Dumeril and Bibron 1835
Cyclanorbis turkanensis Meylan et al. 1990
G. Cycloderma Peters 1854
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Cycloderma aubryi Joyce and Lyson 2010
Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al. 1990
Cycloderma frenatum Peters 1854
Cycloderma victoriae Andrews 1914
G. Lissemys Smith 1931
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Lissemys ceylonensis Gray 1856 [Sri Lankan flapshell turtle]
Lissemys punctata Bonnaterre 1789
Lissemys scutata Peters 1868 [Burmese flapshell turtle]
Invalid names: Emyda lineata Lydekker 1885 [nomen dubium], Emyda palaeindica Lydekker 1885 [nomen dubium], Emyda sivalensis Lydekker 1885 [nomen dubium], Lissemys piramensis Prasad 1974 [nomen dubium], Lissemys punctata sinhaleyus Deraniyagala 1953 [nomen dubium]
G. †Nemegtemys Danilov et al. 2014
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Nemegtemys conflata Danilov et al. 2014
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Nemegtemys conflata (13108 51972)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Cycloderma victoriae (146600)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Nepal Lissemys indet. (222975)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Cyclanorbis sp. (22215 22442 22451)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Cycloderma sp. (47026 47074)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62India (Gujarat) Cyclanorbinae indet. (203629)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Nepal Lissemys punctata (48674 48681 48696)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Cycloderma frenatum (22243)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Cycloderma debrionae, Cycloderma frenatum (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) Cycloderma debroinae (21332)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Cyclanorbis turkanensis (185321)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Cyclanorbis turkanensis (232486)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi (Northern) Cycloderma sp. (226065)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Cyclanorbis urahensis, Cycloderma frenatum (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan Emyda lineata, Emyda palaeindica, Emyda sivalensis (190944)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Cycloderma sp. (22346)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Cyclanorbis senegalensis (22327)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Cyclanorbis sp. (22199)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Malawi (Karonga District) Cycloderma frenatum (185322)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Cyclanorbis elegans (185323) Cyclanorbis senegalensis (185324)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mali Cyclanorbis senegalensis (195271 195272)