Giant soft-shelled turtles: Table

TABLE 1. Taxonomic history of North American species historically or currently considered a part of Axestemys. A dash indicates that the species was not mentioned in a given reference.

Cope, 1872 Hay, 1908 Schmidt, 1945 Gaffney, 1979 Gardner et al., 1995 Chkhikvadze, 2000 Hutchison and Holroyd, 2003 This study

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Conchochelys

admiribalis

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-

-

Conchochelys admiribalis

Axestemys admiribalis

Conchochelys admiribalis

Axestus byssinus

Axestemys byssina

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Trionyx byssinus

-

Axestemys byssina

Axestemys byssina

Axestemys byssina

-

-

-

Trionychidae gen. indet.

-

-

Axestemys indet.

Axestemys cerevesia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Axestemys montinsana

-

Aspideretes

puercensis

Paleotrionyx puercensis

Trionyx puercensis

-

Paleotrionyx puercensis

Axestemys puercensis

"Trionyx" puercensis

-

-

Paleotrionyx quinni

Trionyx quinni

-

Paleotrionyx quinni

Axestemys quinni

Axestemys quinni

-

-

-

-

-

Eugenichelys roberte

mryi

-

Axestemys montinsana

-

Aspideretes splendidus

-

-

Aspideretoides splendidus

Eugenichelys splendidus

-

Axestemys

splendida