Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1995. On some Mesozoic turtles of the Fergana Depression (Kyrgyzstan) and Dzhungar Alatau Ridge (Kazakhstan). Russian Journal of Herpetology 2(2):134-141

Belongs to Trionyx according to L. A. Nessov 1995

Sister taxa: Trionyx aquitanicus, Trionyx barbarae, Trionyx bowerbanki, Trionyx buiei, Trionyx gangeticus, Trionyx gergensi, Trionyx halophilus, Trionyx henrici, Trionyx hurum, Trionyx ikoviensis, Trionyx incrassatus, Trionyx kansaiensis, Trionyx miensis, Trionyx parisiensis, Trionyx phayrei, Trionyx planus, Trionyx rivosus, Trionyx sculptus, Trionyx vittatus

Type specimen: CCMGE 186/12458, a partial skeleton (isolated left xiphiplastron, associated shell fragments, a partial skull and a lower jaw). Its type locality is Kylodzhun I, which is in an Albian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Alamyshik Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore