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Trionyx latus
Taxonomy
Aspideretes latus was named by Gilmore (1919). Its type specimen is USNM 8802, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sand Creek [USNM], which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in Canada.
It was recombined as Apalone latus by Gardner et al. (1995); it was recombined as Trionyx latus by Vitek and Joyce (2015).
It was recombined as Apalone latus by Gardner et al. (1995); it was recombined as Trionyx latus by Vitek and Joyce (2015).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1919 | Aspideretes latus Gilmore p. 129 figs. Pl. 37 |
| 1930 | Aspideretes latus Hay p. 109 |
| 1995 | Apalone latus Gardner et al. |
| 2015 | Trionyx latus Vitek and Joyce |
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†Trionyx latus Gilmore 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available