Trionychinae Explained

The Trionychinae are a subfamily of turtles in the family Trionychidae.

Classification

The subfamily has 11 extant genera:^[1]

• Amyda
• Apalone
• Axestemys ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
• Chitra
• Dogania
• Drazinderetes^[6]
• Gobiapalone ^[7]
• Khunnuchelys ^[8]
• Murgonemys ^[9]
• Nilssonia
• Oliveremys ^[10]
• Palea
• Palaeoamyda
• Pelochelys
• Pelodiscus
• Rafetoides (nomen dubium)^{[11] [12]}
• Rafetus
• Trionyx

Notes and References

1. Web site: Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status . 2010-12-15 . Rhodin . Anders G.J. . van Dijk . Peter Paul . Inverson . John B. . Shaffer . H. Bradley . 000.89–000.138 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125632/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf . 2011-07-17 . dead .
2. Web site: Giant soft-shelled turtles. Vitek. Natasha S.. palaeo-electronica.org. en-gb. 2017-08-09.
3. Web site: Giant soft-shelled turtles: Figures. Rumford. Jennifer. palaeo-electronica.org. en-gb. 2017-08-09.
4. Web site: Axestemys - Wikispecies. species.wikimedia.org. en. 2017-08-09.
5. Web site: Trionychidae - Wikispecies. species.wikimedia.org. en. 2017-08-09.
6. Head. J.. Raza. S.. Gingerich. P.. 1999. Drazinderetes tethyensis, a new large trionychid (reptilia: testudines) from the marine Eocene drazinda formation of the sulaiman range, Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology. 30. 199–214. Researchgate.
7. Web site: Fossilworks: Gobiapalone. fossilworks.org. 17 December 2021.
8. Vitek, N.S. . Danilov, I.G. . 2013. Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Bissekty Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Turonian) of Uzbekistan: Skull-based taxa and probable skull-shell associations. Cretaceous Research. 43. 2013. 48–58. 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.10.003. 2152/41079. 129913777 . free.
9. Web site: Fossilworks: Murgonemys. fossilworks.org. 17 December 2021.
10. Web site: Fossilworks: Oliveremys. fossilworks.org. 17 December 2021.
11. Web site: Fossilworks: Rafetoides. fossilworks.org. 17 December 2021.
12. Georgalis. Georgios L.. Joyce. Walter G.. 2017-04-01. A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58. 1. 115–208. 10.3374/014.058.0106. 89732695. 0079-032X.