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Cyclanorbis

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Cyclanorbis
Temporal range: Pliocene to recent, 5.332–0 Ma
Senegal flapshell turtle (C. senegalensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Cyclanorbinae
Genus: Cyclanorbis
Gray, 1854[1][2]
Synonyms[2]

Cyclanorbis is a genus of softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

Species

The genus Cyclanorbis contains the following extant species:[1]

One extinct species is also known from fossil remains: Cyclanorbis turkanensis from the Pliocene of Kenya.[3]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cyclanorbis.

References

  1. ^ a b Rhodin 2011, p. 000.204
  2. ^ a b Fritz 2007, p. 312
  3. ^ "Fossilworks: Cyclanorbis turkanensis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Gray JE (1854). "Description of a New Genus and some New Species of Tortoises". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1852: 133–135. (Cyclanorbis, new genus, p. 135).