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Trionyx kansaiensis ✝

Description

Trionyx kansaiensis is an extinct species of softshell turtle uncovered from the Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan and Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trionyx_kansaiensis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8639965https://www.gbif.org/species/8639965
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)205690https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=205690
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae : Trionyx : Trionyx kansaiensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae : Trionyx : Trionyx kansaiensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
familyTrionychidaeGray 1825
-TrionychinaeGray 1825
genusTrionyxGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
speciesTrionyx kansaiensisVitek & Danilov 2010
Generic NameTrionyx
Scientific NameTrionyx kansaiensis Vitek & Danilov, 2010
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Trionyx kansaiensisspeciesbelongs to Trionyxstated with evidenceVitek and Danilov, 2010
Trionyx kansaiensisspeciesbelongs to Trionyxstated without evidenceVitek and Danilov, 2012
Trionyx kansaiensisspeciesbelongs to Trionyxstated with evidenceDanilov and Vitek, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance85.8 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater (based on Trionychidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Trionychidae)
Dietpiscivore, carnivore (based on Trionychidae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Trionychidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N. S. Vitek and I. G. Danilov. 2010. New material and a reassessment of soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):383-393
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trionyx_kansaiensis

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2010Trionyx kansaiensis Vitek and Danilov p. 387
2012Trionyx kansaiensis Vitek and Danilov p. 52
2013Trionyx kansaiensis Danilov and Vitek
2017Trionyx kansaiensis Georgalis and Joyce

References

Vitek N. S., Danilov I. G. (2010) New material and a reassessment of soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 2, 383-393
Vitek N. S., Danilov I. G. (2012) New data on the soft-shelled turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Kyrkkuduk locality of souther Kazakhstan, Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 316 1, 50-56
Danilov I. G., Vitek N. S. (2013) Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous: late Turonian) of Uzbekistan: shell-based taxa, Cretaceous Research 41, 55-64 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2012.10.003
Georgalis G. L., Joyce W. G. (2017) A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58 1, 115-208 doi:10.3374/014.058.0106
N. S. Vitek, I. G. Danilov (2010) New material and a reassessment of soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2: 383--393 - via Catalogue of Life
I. G. Danilov, N. S. Vitek (2013) Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous: late Turonian) of Uzbekistan: shell-based taxa: Cretaceous Research: 55--64 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2012.10.003) - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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