Reptilia - Testudinata - Pleurosternidae
Full reference: K. Carpenter and R. T. Bakker. 1990. A new latest Jurassic vertebrate fauna, from the highest levels of the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff, Wyoming, with comments on Morrison biochronology. Part II. A new baenid turtle. Hunteria 2(6):3-4
Parent taxon: Pleurosternidae according to Y. Rollot et al. 2021
See also Carpenter and Bakker 1990, Joyce and Anquetin 2019 and Lyson and Joyce 2011
Sister taxa: Ballerstedtia, Desmemydinae, Desmemys, Dinochelys, Dorsetochelys, Glyptops, Pleurosternon, Riodevemys, Selenemys, Toremys
Subtaxa: Uluops uluops
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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