Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Alternative combination: Macroclemys auffenbergi
Full reference: J. L. Dobie. 1968. A new turtle species of the genus Macroclemys (Chelydridae) from the Florida Pliocene. Tulane studies in Zoology and Botany 15(2):59-63
Belongs to Macrochelys according to W. G. Joyce 2016
See also Hutchison 2008, Thomas et al. 2014 and Whetstone 1978
Sister taxa: Macrochelys schmidti, Macrochelys stricta, Macrochelys suwanniensis, Macrochelys temminckii
Type specimen: UF 10992, a partial skeleton (associated carapace, plastron, skull, cervical vertebrae, and limb bones). Its type locality is McGehee Farm, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at McGehee Farm
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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