Helopanoplia Hay 1908 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568

Parent taxon: Plastomenini according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2022

See also Bryant 1989, Hay 1930, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Hutchison and Holroyd 2003, Hutchison et al. 2013, Lyson et al. 2021 and Vitek and Joyce 2015

Sister taxa: Hutchemys, Plastomenus

Subtaxa: Helopanoplia distincta

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Type: Helopanoplia distincta

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (59: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 59 collections each including a single occurrence

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