Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Full reference: S. E. Jasinski. 2018. A new slider turtle (Testudines: Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Trachemys) from the late Hemphillian (late Miocene/early Pliocene) of eastern Tennessee and the evolution of the deirochelyines. PeerJ 1-92
Belongs to Trachemys according to S. E. Jasinski 2018
Sister taxa: Trachemys adiutrix, Trachemys antiqua, Trachemys callirostris, Trachemys decorata, Trachemys decussata, Trachemys dorbigni, Trachemys emolli, Trachemys gaigeae, Trachemys grayi, Trachemys inflata, Trachemys jarmani, Trachemys nebulosa, Trachemys ornata, Trachemys scripta, Trachemys sculpta, Trachemys stejnegeri, Trachemys taylori, Trachemys terrapen, Trachemys trulla, Trachemys venusta, Trachemys yaquia
Type specimen: ETMNH-8549, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete carapace missing portions of neural I, left costal VI, right peripherals VI and VII and a few other small carapace fragments, nearly complete pl). Its type locality is Gray Fossil Site, which is in a Hemphillian/Blancan sinkhole siltstone/conglomerate in Tennessee.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Gray Fossil Site
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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