Axestemys quinni Schmidt 1945 (softshell turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Alternative combinations: Paleotrionyx quinni, Trionyx quinni

Full reference: K. P. Schmidt. 1945. A new turtle from the Paleocene of Colorado. Fieldiana Geology 10:1-4

Belongs to Axestemys according to N. S. Vitek and W. G. Joyce 2015

See also Chkhikvadze 2000, Gaffney 1979, Holman 1982, Hutchison and Holroyd 2003, Lichtig and Lucas 2015, Schmidt 1945 and Vitek 2012

Sister taxa: Axestemys byssina, Axestemys byssinus, Axestemys cerevisia, Axestemys erquelinnensis, Axestemys infernalis, Axestemys montinsana, Axestemys splendidus, Axestemys vittata, Rafetus (Axestemys) exquisitus, Rafetus (Axestemys) nelsoni

Type specimen: FMNH P26441, a partial shell (Carapace with one side essentially complete). Its type locality is Finley Ranch House, 4 miles west of DeBeque, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Finley Ranch House, 4 miles west of DeBeque

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