Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Synonym: Platythyra Agassiz 1857
Parent taxon: Kinosternidae according to A. Alfonso-Rojas et al. 2021
See also Bourque 2011, Cadena et al. 2017, Cahn 1931, Carroll 1988, Cisneros 2005, Cope 1875, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1930, Holman 1985, Hutchison 1991, Joyce and Bourque 2016, Nopcsa 1928, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Weems and George 2001
Sister taxa: Baltemys, Kinosterninae, Leiochelys, Staurotypinae, Staurotypus, Xenochelys, Yelmochelys
Subtaxa: Kinosternon abaxillare Kinosternon acutum Kinosternon alamosae Kinosternon angustipons Kinosternon arizonense Kinosternon baurii Kinosternon chimalhuaca Kinosternon creaseri Kinosternon dunni Kinosternon durangoense Kinosternon flavescens Kinosternon herrerai Kinosternon hirtipes Kinosternon integrum Kinosternon leucostomum Kinosternon notolophus Kinosternon oaxacae Kinosternon pannekollops Kinosternon pojoaque Kinosternon rincon Kinosternon scorpioides Kinosternon skullridgescens Kinosternon sonoriense Kinosternon subrubrum Kinosternon wakeeniense
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Colombia (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Mexico (6), United States (13: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (3), United States (8: Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Florida, Nebraska)
• Miocene of United States (9: Delaware, Florida, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences
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