Cynocercus incisus Cope 1872

Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae

Alternative combination: Cynocercus incisivus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. On a new Testudinate from the Chalk of Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 308-310

Belongs to Cynocercus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1905, Leidy 1873, Osborn 1930 and Zangerl 1953

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 1583, a set of postcrania (two caudal vertebrae, metapodial)

Distribution: found only at Butte Creek (Cretaceous of Kansas)

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