Cycloderma

Genus of turtles

Cycloderma
Temporal range: Miocene to recent, 23.03–0 Ma
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Aubry's flapshell turtle (C. aubryi)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • 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.

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.204
  2. ^ a b 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.

Bibliography

  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
  • Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

Further reading

  • Peters W (1854). "Übersicht der auf seiner Reise nach Mossambique beobachteten Schilkröten ". Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 215-216. (Cycloderma, new genus, p. 216). (in German and Latin).


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Genera
Species of the Trionychidae family
AmydaApaloneAxestemys
  • Axestemys byssina
  • Axestemys cerevisia
  • Axestemys montinsana
  • Axestemys quinni
  • Axestemys splendida
  • Axestemys vittata
ChitraCyclanorbisCyclodermaDoganiaGilmoremys
Hutchemys
  • Hutchemys arctochelys
  • Hutchemys rememdium
  • Hutchemys tetanetron
  • Hutchemys sterea
  • Hutchemys acupictus
Khunnuchelys
  • Khunnuchelys erinhotensis
  • Khunnuchelys kizylkumensis
  • Khunnuchelys lophorhothon
LissemysNilssoniaPalaeoamyda
  • Palaeoamyda messeliana
PaleaPelochelysPelodiscusRafetusTrionyx
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=extinct.
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Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.
Taxon identifiers
Cycloderma


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