Reptilia - Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. [A new genus of Chelonia from New Jersey]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:147
Parent taxon: Macrobaenidae according to A. D. Gentry et al. 2023
See also Bohlin 1953, Brinkman et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Cope 1870, Cope 1884, Foster 1980, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Hirayama 1995, Parham 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1988, Yeh 1963 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Anatolemys, Appalachemys, Asiachelys, Asiachelys, Aurorachelys, Batoremys, Changmachelys, Gallica, Hangaiemys, Judithemys, Kirgizemys, Macrobaena, Oxemys, Yakemys
Subtaxa: Osteopygis backmani Osteopygis emarginata Osteopygis emarginatus Osteopygis kranzi Osteopygis russelli
Type: Osteopygis emarginatus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (4: Montana, South Carolina, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (3: Maryland, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (15: Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina, Wyoming)
Total: 29 collections including 33 occurrences
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