Gilmoremys gettyspherensis Joyce et al. 2018 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae

Etymology.In reference to the Gettysphere, a circle of positive energy that surrounded Mike Getty, finder of the type specimen and recently deceased paleontologist, preparator, friend, and human being extraordinaire. Though figurative, the Gettysphere was a place, and the species epithet is therefore formed with the ending -ensis.

Full reference: W. G. Joyce, T. R. Lyson, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2018. A new species of trionychid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation of New Mexico, USA. Journal of Paleontology 92(6):1107-1114

Belongs to Gilmoremys according to W. G. Joyce et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Gilmoremys lancensis

Type specimen: DMNH EPV.125905, a partial shell. Its type locality is DMNH 5812, which is in a Campanian pond mudstone in the Fruitland Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: New Mexico, Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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