Cyclanorbis
Appearance
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Cyclanorbis Temporal range: Pliocene to recent,
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Senegal flapshell turtle (C. senegalensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Subfamily: | Cyclanorbinae |
Genus: | Cyclanorbis Gray, 1854[1][2] |
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Cyclanorbis is a genus of softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
Description
[edit]In the genus Cyclanorbis the plastron has cutaneous flaps, under which the hind legs can be concealed.[3]
Species
[edit]The genus Cyclanorbis contains the following extant species:[1]
- Nubian flapshell turtle – Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray, 1869)
- Senegal flapshell turtle – Cyclanorbis senegalensis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
One extinct species is also known from fossil remains: Cyclanorbis turkanensis Meylan et al. 1990, from the Pliocene of Kenya.[4]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cyclanorbis.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.204
- ^ a b Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 312
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Fossilworks: Cyclanorbis turkanensis ". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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. 6. 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
[edit]- 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).