Denazinemys nodosa Gilmore 1916 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae

Alternative combination: Baena nodosa

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1916. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of San Juan County, New Mexico. 2. Vertebrate faunas of the Ojo Alamo, Kirtland and Fruitland Formations. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 98-Q:279-302

Belongs to Denazinemys according to G. E. Spicher et al. 2023

See also Gaffney 1972, Gilmore 1916, Gilmore 1935, Hay 1930, Hutchison et al. 2013, Joyce and Lyson 2015, Lucas and Sullivan 2006 and Sullivan et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 8345, a shell (an almost complete shell). Its type locality is Hunter Wash head (USNM), two miles northwest of Ojo Alamo store, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (61: New Mexico, Texas, Utah)

Total: 62 collections including 64 occurrences

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