Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Zoobank specieszoobank.org:act:171129B2-0BA5-4B48-BED6-D46BAF569D46.

EtymologySpecies name in honor of Tim Tokaryk, in recognition of his contribution to the paleontology of the Frenchman Formation.

Full reference: D. B. Brinkman, C. Libke, R. C. McKellar, S. Gasilov, and C. M. Somers. 2023. A new pan-kinosternid, Leiochelys tokaryki, gen. et sp. nov., from the late Maastrichtian Frenchman formation, Saskatchewan Canada. The Anatomical Record 306(6):1481-1500

Belongs to Leiochelys according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RSM P3328.2, a skeleton. Its type locality is RSM site number 28769 ("Site B"), which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone in the Frenchman Formation of Canada.

Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore

Distribution: found only at RSM site number 28769 ("Site B")

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