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Cyclanorbis

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cyclanorbis Gray
1988Cyclanorbis Carroll
1996Cyclanorbis Frank and Ramus
2014Cyclanorbis van Dijk et al.
2017Cyclanorbis 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)
genusCyclanorbis

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.

G. Cyclanorbis Gray 1854
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Cyclanorbis senegalensis Dumeril and Bibron 1835
Cyclanorbis turkanensis Meylan et al. 1990
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda C. sp. (22215 22442 22451)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) C. turkanensis (185321)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya C. turkanensis (232486)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi C. urahensis (22271)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda C. sp. (22199)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi C. senegalensis (22327)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya C. elegans (185323) C. senegalensis (185324)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mali C. senegalensis (195271 195272)