Cycloderma

Cycloderma
Temporal range: Miocene to recent, 23.03–0 Ma
Aubry's flapshell turtle (C. aubryi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Cyclanorbinae
Genus: Cycloderma
W. Peters, 1854[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.

  1. ^ Rhodin et al. 2011, p. 000.204
  2. ^ a b Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 313