Reptilia - Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Alternative combinations: Clemmys backmani, Judithemys backmani
Belongs to Osteopygis according to A. D. Gentry et al. 2023
See also Bartels 1983, Brinkman 2013, Brinkman et al. 2010, Holman and Fritz 2001 and Parham and Hutchison 2003
Sister taxa: Osteopygis emarginata, Osteopygis emarginatus, Osteopygis kranzi, Osteopygis russelli
Type specimen: CMN 8685. Its type locality is Clemmys site, Big Muddy Valley, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Ravenscrag Formation of Canada.
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Montana, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan)
• Cretaceous of United States (6: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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