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Trionyx minusculus

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Plastomenus minusculus was named by Chkhikvadze (1973). Its type specimen is IPGAS Z-13-1, a partial shell (partial hyo-hypoplastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Konur-Kura, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Paraplastomenus minusculus by Kordikova (1994); it was recombined as Francedebroinella minuscula by Chkhikvadze (1999); it was recombined as Trionyx minusculus by Georgalis and Joyce (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Plastomenus minusculus Chkhikvadze
1994Paraplastomenus minusculus Kordikova
1999Francedebroinella minuscula Chkhikvadze
2017Trionyx minusculus 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
subfamilyTrionychinaeGray 1825
genusTrionyx
speciesminusculus()

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.

Trionyx minusculus Chkhikvadze 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available