Cycloderma

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

Cycloderma Temporal range: Miocene to recent, 23.03–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ 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[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
Heptathyra Cope, 1860 Aspidochelys Gray, 1860 Aspidochelis [sic] Marshall, 1873 (ex errore)

Species

The genus Cycloderma contains the following extant species:

• Aubry's flapshell turtle – Cycloderma aubryi (A.H.A. Duméril, 1856)^[1]
• Zambezi flapshell turtle – Cycloderma frenatum W. Peters, 1854^[1]

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.^[3][4]

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