Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Full reference: J. A. Holman and U. Fritz. 2001. A new emydine species from the Medial Miocene (Barstovian) of Nebraska, USA with a new generic arrangement for the species of Clemmys sensu McDowell (1964) (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 51(19):321-343
Belongs to Glyptemys according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Holman and Fritz 2001
Sister taxa: Glyptemys insculpta, Glyptemys muhlenbergii
Type specimen: UNSM 76564, a carapace (mostly complete carapace). Its type locality is Valentine Railway Quarries, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (7: Nebraska collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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