Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney and R. Hiatt. 1971. A new baenid turtle From the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. American Museum Novitates 2443:1-9
Belongs to Stygiochelys according to W. G. Joyce and T. R. Lyson 2015
See also Bryant 1989, Gaffney 1972, Gaffney and Hiatt 1971 and Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 2601, a skull. Its type locality is Near Glendive (Stygiochelys estesi holotype locality), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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