Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Alternative combinations: Amyda scutumantiquum, Trionyx scutumantiquum, Zangerlichelys scutumantiquum
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. On the extinct Vertebrata of the Eocene of Wyoming observed by the Expedition of 1872, with notes on the geology. Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 545-649
Belongs to Oliveremys according to N. S. Vitek 2011
See also Hay 1902 and Hay 1930
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ANSP 10189, a partial shell (nearly complete carapace and a considerable part of the plastron). Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek badlands (Bridger B), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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