Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Full reference: J. H. Hutchison. 1991. Early Kinosterninae (Reptilia: Testudines) and their phylogenetic significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):145-167
Parent taxon: Kinosternidae according to A. Lichtig et al. 2018
See also Holroyd et al. 2001, Hutchison 1991, Hutchison 1992, Joyce and Bourque 2016, Joyce et al. 2004 and Lichtig and Lucas 2015
Sister taxa: Kinosterninae, Kinosternon, Leiochelys, Staurotypinae, Staurotypus, Xenochelys, Yelmochelys
Subtaxa: Baltemys staurogastros
Type: Baltemys staurogastros
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (23: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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