†Aspideretoides robertemryi Chkhikvadze 2008 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Belongs to Aspideretoides according to I. G. Danilov and N. S. Vitek 2013
Sister taxa: Aspideretoides allani, Aspideretoides beecheri, Aspideretoides foveatus, Aspideretoides superstes
Type specimen: USNM 12589, a partial skeleton (skull fragments, partial left dentary, left hyoplastron, right hypoplastron, left and right xiphiplastron). Its type locality is South Elk Creek (Diatryma steini type locality), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aspideretoides robertemryi in the database
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