Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Full reference: D. J. Ehret and J. R. Bourque. 2011. An extinct map turtle Graptemys (Testudines, Emydidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(3):575-587
Belongs to Graptemys according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Ehret and Bourque 2011
Sister taxa: Graptemys barbouri, Graptemys caglei, Graptemys ernsti, Graptemys flavimaculata, Graptemys geographica, Graptemys gibbonsi, Graptemys kohni, Graptemys nigrinoda, Graptemys oculifera, Graptemys ouachitensis, Graptemys pearlensis, Graptemys pseudogeographica, Graptemys pulchra, Graptemys sabinensis, Graptemys versa, Graptemys yamashitai
Type specimen: UF 239000, a skull. Its type locality is Suwannee River (DI005), which is in a Rancholabrean terrestrial horizon in Florida.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.