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Genus of turtles

Cyclanorbis
Temporal range: Pliocene to recent, 5.332–0 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Synonyms

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

Description

In the genus Cyclanorbis the plastron has cutaneous flaps, under which the hind legs can be concealed.

Species

The genus Cyclanorbis contains the following extant species:

One extinct species is also known from fossil remains: Cyclanorbis turkanensis Meylan et al. 1990, from the Pliocene of Kenya.

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

References

  1. ^ Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.204
  2. ^ Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 312
  3. Boulenger GA (1889). Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I–VI. (Genus Cyclanorbis, pp. 270–271).
  4. "Fossilworks: Cyclanorbis turkanensis ". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Gray JE (1854). "Description of a New Genus and some New Species of Tortoises". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1852: 133–135. (Cyclanorbis, new genus, p. 135).
Trionychidae family
Genera
Species of the Trionychidae family
Amyda
Apalone
Axestemys
Chitra
Cyclanorbis
Cycloderma
Dogania
Gilmoremys
Hutchemys
Khunnuchelys
Lissemys
Nilssonia
Palaeoamyda
Palea
Pelochelys
Pelodiscus
Rafetus
Trionyx
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=extinct.
Testudines
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Genus
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
 
 
 
Taxon identifiers
Cyclanorbis


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