Trionyx (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Trionychidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The type genus Trionyx was described by Georges Cuvier in 1800, comprising soft-shelled turtles.
- Trionyx spiniferus, a soft-shelled turtle, belongs to the Trionychidae family and inhabits the southern United States.
- A 40-million-year-old fossilized specimen of the extinct species Trionyx gregorii was found in what is now known as Uzbekistan.
- Researchers at the American Museum of Natural History described Trionyx ikedai, an extinct soft-shelled turtle, discovered in Mongolia.
- Some extinct species like Trionyx elongatus provide insight into the prehistoric ecosystem in what is now modern-day Eurasia.