†Amyda exquisita Hay 1908 (softshell turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568
Belongs to Amyda according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1908
Sister taxon: Amyda cartilaginea
Type specimen: AMNH 5923, a partial skeleton (the carapace (fragmentary but representing well the structure), the hyoplastra and hypoplastra of both sides somewhat damaged, one cervical vertebra, portions o). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Grizzly Buttes
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