Cyclanorbis

Cyclanorbis; Temporal range: Pliocene to recent, 5.332–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Senegal flapshell turtle (C. senegalensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Subfamily:	Cyclanorbinae
Genus:	Cyclanorbis; Gray, 1854[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
	Cryptopus ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Cryptopodus ; A.H.A. Duméril, 1856 (ex errore); Cyclanosteus ; Gray, 1856; Tetrathyra ; Gray, 1865; Baikiea ; Gray, 1869;

Cyclanorbis is a genus of softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

Species

The genus Cyclanorbis contains the following extant species:[1]

Nubian flapshell turtle – Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray, 1869)
Senegal flapshell turtle – Cyclanorbis senegalensis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

One extinct species is also known from fossil remains: Cyclanorbis turkanensis from the Pliocene of Kenya.[3]

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

Rhodin 2011, p. 000.204
Fritz 2007, p. 312
"Fossilworks: Cyclanorbis turkanensis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

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" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.