Pseudemys caelata Hay 1908 (cooter)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Alternative combination: Chrysemys caelata

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568

Belongs to Pseudemys according to R. E. Weems 2023

See also Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Jackson 1976, Seidel and Smith 1986 and Vlachos 2018

Sister taxa: Pseudemys alabamensis, Pseudemys carri, Pseudemys concinna, Pseudemys floridana, Pseudemys gorzugi, Pseudemys idahoensis, Pseudemys nelsoni, Pseudemys peninsularis, Pseudemys rubriventris, Pseudemys texana, Pseudemys williamsi

Type specimen: USNM 2508, a partial shell (nuchal plate). Its type locality is Mixson's Bone Bed, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Miocene of United States (3: Florida, Maryland)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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