Cycloderma

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Cycloderma
Temporal range: Miocene to recent, 23.03–0  Ma
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Aubry's flapshell turtle (C. aubryi)
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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]
  • Heptathyra
    Cope, 1860
  • Aspidochelys
    Gray, 1860
  • Aspidochelis [sic]
    Marshall, 1873 (ex errore)

Cycloderma is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

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Species

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.204
  2. 1 2 Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 313
  3. "Fossilworks: Cycloderma victoriae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. "Fossilworks: Cycloderma debroinae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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