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				Common Name:  Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle 
				 
				
				Kingdom: Animalia 
				Phylum: Chordata 
				Subphylum: Vertebrata 
				Class: Reptilia 
				Subclass: Anapsida 
				Order: Testudines 
				Suborder: Cryptodira 
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				Superfamily: Trionychoidea 
				Family: Trionychidae 
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				Species:  Apalone spinifera spinifera
  
				
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				Location:  
				Prospect Park 
				Brooklyn,
				NY 
				USA 
				GPS: 40.663647,-73.969359
  
				
				Date: 12/31/04
  
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			 Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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