Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Alternative combinations: Derrisemys acupictus, Plastomenus acupictus
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1907. Descriptions of seven new species of turtles from the Tertiary of the United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(34):847-863
Belongs to Hutchemys according to N. S. Vitek and W. G. Joyce 2015
See also Hay 1907, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Hutchison 2009 and Sullivan and Lucas 1986
Sister taxa: Aspideretes nassau, Hutchemys arctochelys, Hutchemys rememdium, Hutchemys sterea, Hutchemys tetanetron, Hutchemys walkerorum
Type specimen: AMNH 1025, a partial shell (costals, hypoplastron, and xiphiplastron). Its type locality is Chaco Cañon neighborhood, which is in a Puercan/Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
Distribution: found only at Chaco Cañon neighborhood
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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