Arundelemys Lipka et al. 2006 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: T. R. Lipka, F. Therrien, D. B. Weishampel, H. A. Jamniczky, W. G. Joyce, M. W. Colbert, and D. B. Brinkman. 2006. A new turtle from the Arundel Clay facies (Potomac Formation, Early Cretaceous) of Maryland, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):300-307

Parent taxon: Paracryptodira according to S. W. Evers et al. 2021

See also Anquetin 2012, Joyce and Lyson 2015, Lipka et al. 2006, Lyson and Joyce 2011 and Lyson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Baenidae, Baenoidea, Compsemydidae, Compsemys, Desmemys bertelmanni, Glyptops caelatus, Glyptops pervicax, Pleurosternidae, Polythorax, Polythorax missuriensis, Probaena sculpta

Subtaxa: Arundelemys dardeni

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Type: Arundelemys dardeni

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cherokee-Sanford Brick Clay Pit (USNM Loc. 41614, 41615) (Cretaceous of Maryland)

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