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Striatochelys impressa

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Aspideretes impressus was named by Yeh (1963). Its type specimen is IVPP V 1036, a carapace (negative cast of a nearly complete carapace), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Tat'ang, Maoming, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in China.

It was recombined as Trionyx impressus by Georgalis and Joyce (2017); it was recombined as Striatochelys impressa by Massonne et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Aspideretes impressus Yeh
2008Aspideretes impressus Brinkman et al. p. 70
2017Trionyx impressus Georgalis and Joyce
2023Striatochelys impressa Massonne et al.

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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
genusStriatochelys
speciesimpressa()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Massonne et al. 2023Based on the high degree of similarity to the new material from Na Duong and a comparison to other relevant taxa, we unite S. impressa and the new species from Na Duong under a new genus name herein.