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Kuhnemydinae

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Kuhnemydinae was named by Jasinski et al. (2022). Its type is Kuhnemys.

It was assigned to Trionychidae by Jasinski et al. (2022).

Subtaxa
Kuhnemys (type genus), Perochelys, Petrochelys

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Kuhnemydinae Jasinski 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
subfamilyKuhnemydinae
subfamilyKuhnemydinae

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.

Subfm. †Kuhnemydinae Jasinski et al. 2022
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G. †Kuhnemys Chkhikvadze 1999
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†Kuhnemys breviplastra Danilov et al. 2014
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Invalid names: Aspideretes alashanensis Yeh 1965 [synonym], Trionyx alashanensis Yeh 1965 [synonym]
†Kuhnemys orlovi Khosatzky 1976
†Kuhnemys palaeocenica Danilov et al. 2015
G. †Perochelys Li et al. 2015
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†Perochelys hengshanensis Brinkman et al. 2017
†Perochelys lamadongensis Li et al. 2015
G. †Petrochelys Vitek et al. 2017
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†Petrochelys kyrgyzensis Nessov 1995
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: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 125.00000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Perochelys lamadongensis (129475)
Albian113.0 - 100.5China (Zhejiang) Perochelys hengshanensis (187435)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Trionyx sp. (92400)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Uzbekistan (Navoi) Trionyx sp. (58471)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Uzbekistan (Karakalpakistan) Trionyx kyrgyzensis (64098)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Dornogov) Amyda orlovi (79702) Gobiapalone orlovi (55758)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Gobiapalone orlovi (108340)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Nei Mongol) Aspideretes alashanensis (144651)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) Trionyx kyrgyzensis (58466 59694 68823) Trionyx species 1 (58490)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8China (Nei Mongol) Aspideretes maortuensis, Aspideretes alashanensis (66924)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Gobiapalone breviplastra (13108 127679 154391 154392)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mongolia (Tuva) Testudines indet. (76192)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Gobiapalone breviplastra (91909)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia Gobiapalone palaeocenica (172829)