Alternative spelling: Emarginochelys
Full reference: K. N. Whetstone. 1978. A new genus of cryptodiran turtles (Testudinoidea, Chelydridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Univeristy of Kansas Science Bulletin 51(17):539-563
Parent taxon: Pankinosternoidea according to W. G. Joyce and J. R. Bourque 2016
See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Danilov and Parham 2008, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Knauss et al. 2011 and Whetstone 1978
Sister taxa: Lutemys, Planetochelys, Tullochelys
Subtaxa: Emarginachelys cretacea
Type: Emarginachelys cretacea
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (7: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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