Biology:Cycloderma

Short description: Genus of turtles

Cycloderma Temporal range: Miocene to recent, 23.03–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Aubry's flapshell turtle (C. aubryi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Subfamily:	Cyclanorbinae
Genus:	Cycloderma W. Peters, 1854
Synonyms
Heptathyra Cope, 1860 Aspidochelys Gray, 1860 Aspidochelis [sic] Marshall, 1873 (ex errore)

Cycloderma is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

Species

The genus Cycloderma contains the following extant species:

• Aubry's flapshell turtle – Cycloderma aubryi (A.H.A. Duméril, 1856)
• Zambezi flapshell turtle – Cycloderma frenatum W. Peters, 1854

Two extinct fossil species are also known: Cycloderma victoriae Andrews, 1914, from the early Miocene of Kenya; and Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al., 1990, from the late Miocene to the Pliocene of Kenya.

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

Bibliography

• 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". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf. 
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf. 

Further reading

• Peters W (1854). "Übersicht der auf seiner Reise nach Mossambique beobachteten Schilkröten ". Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 215-216. (Cycloderma, new genus, p. 216). (in German and Latin).

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