Cycloderma Temporal range:
Miocene to recent,
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Aubry's flapshell turtle (C. aubryi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Subfamily: | Cyclanorbinae |
Genus: |
Cycloderma W. Peters, 1854 [1] [2] |
Synonyms [2] | |
Cycloderma is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
The genus Cycloderma contains the following extant species:
Two extinct fossil species are also known: Cycloderma victoriae Andrews, 1914, from the early Miocene of Kenya; and Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al., 1990, from the late Miocene to the Pliocene of Kenya. [3] [4]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cycloderma.
Cycloderma Temporal range:
Miocene to recent,
| |
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Aubry's flapshell turtle (C. aubryi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Subfamily: | Cyclanorbinae |
Genus: |
Cycloderma W. Peters, 1854 [1] [2] |
Synonyms [2] | |
Cycloderma is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
The genus Cycloderma contains the following extant species:
Two extinct fossil species are also known: Cycloderma victoriae Andrews, 1914, from the early Miocene of Kenya; and Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al., 1990, from the late Miocene to the Pliocene of Kenya. [3] [4]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cycloderma.