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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae : Trionyx : Trionyx uintaensis |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Trionyx uintaensis | species | belongs to Trionyx | stated without evidence | Leidy, 1872 | | Trionyx uintaensis | species | belongs to Trionyx | stated with evidence | Leidy, 1873 | | Trionyx uintaensis | species | belongs to Trionyx | stated without evidence | Cope, 1873 | | Trionyx uintaensis | species | belongs to Trionyx | stated with evidence | Osborn et al., 1878 | | Trionyx uintaensis | species | belongs to Trionyx | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Trionyx uintaensis | species | belongs to Amyda | stated without evidence | Hay, 1908 | | Trionyx uintaensis | species | belongs to Trionyx | stated without evidence | Gilmore, 1915 | | Trionyx uintaensis | species | belongs to Rafetus (Axestemys) | stated without evidence | Chkhikvadze, 2000 | | Trionyx uintaensis | species | belongs to Trionyx | stated with evidence | Vitek and Joyce, 2015 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | brackish,freshwater (based on Trionychidae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Trionychidae) |
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| Diet | piscivore, carnivore (based on Trionychidae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Trionychidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1873. On the extinct Vertebrata of the Eocene of Wyoming observed by the Expedition of 1872, with notes on the geology. In F.V. Hayden (ed.), Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories |
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| Cope E. D. On the extinct Vertebrata of the Eocene of Wyoming observed by the Expedition of 1872, with notes on the geology, Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, 545-649 |
| Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358 |
| Cope E. D. , Systematic Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, Collected in 1874. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Engineer Department, U. S. Army, 5-37 |
| Osborn H. F., Scott W. B., et al Palaeontological Report of the Princeton Scientific Expedition of 1877, Contributions from the Museum of Geology and Archæology of Princeton College 1, 1-146 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568 |
| Gilmore C. W. (1915) The fossil turtles of the Uinta Formation, Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 7 2, 101-161 |
| Case E. C. (1927) A new species of trionychid turtle, Amyda nelsoni, from the Eocene beds of southwestern Wyoming, Contributions from the Museum of Geology, University of Michigan 2 11, 223-226 |
| Vitek N. (2011) Insights into the Taxonomy and Systematics of North American Eocene Soft-Shelled Turtles from a Well-Preserved Specimen, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 52 2, 189-208 doi:10.3374/014.052.0201 |
| Vitek N. S., Joyce W. G. (2015) A Review of the Fossil Record of New World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 56 2, 185-244 |
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