Trionyx ikoviensis

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Trionyx ikoviensis
Temporal range: Lutetian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Trionyx
Species:
T. ikoviensis
Binomial name
Trionyx ikoviensis
Danilov et al., 2011

Trionyx ikoviensis is an extinct species of softshell turtles which existed in what is now Ukraine during the early Lutetian age of the Eocene epoch. [1]

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References

  1. I.G. Danilov; E.A. Zvonok; E.V. Syromyatnikova & N.I. Udovichenko (2011). "A new species of soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae) from the Middle Eocene of Ukraine" (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 315 (4): 399–411.