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Trionyx ninae

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Trionyx ninae was named by Chkhikvadze (1971). Its type specimen is IPGAS KK-19, a partial shell (left hypoplastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kizyl-Kak, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Betpakdala Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Trionyx, Ulutrionyx.

It was recombined as Ulutrionyx ninae by Vitek and Danilov (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Trionyx ninae Chkhikvadze
1973Trionyx zaisanensis Chkhikvadze
1977Trionyx turgaicus Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze
2015Ulutrionyx ninae Vitek and Danilov
2017Trionyx ninae 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
speciesninae

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 ninae Chkhikvadze 1971
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Invalid names: Trionyx turgaicus Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze 1977 [synonym], Trionyx zaisanensis Chkhikvadze 1973 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Kazakhstan Trionyx ninae (type locality: 179689) Trionyx turgaicus (71672) Trionyx zaisanensis (177065)