Kayentachelys aprix Gaffney et al. 1987 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, J. H. Hutchison, F. A. Jenkins, Jr. and L. J. Meeker. 1987. Modern turtle origins: The oldest known cryptodire. Science 237:289-291

Belongs to Kayentachelys according to W. G. Joyce 2017

See also Danilov and Parham 2008, Gaffney et al. 1987, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013 and Sterli and Joyce 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNA V1558, a partial skull. Its type locality is Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609), which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian floodplain claystone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609)

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