Goleremys mckennai Hutchison 2004 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae

Full reference: J. H. Hutchison. 2004. A new eubaenine, Goleremys mckennai, gen. et. sp. n., (Baenidae: Testudines) from the Paleocene of California. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 36:91-96

Belongs to Goleremys according to W. G. Joyce and T. R. Lyson 2015

See also Hutchison 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 179519, a partial skull. Its type locality is UCMP locality V99042, which is in a Tiffanian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Goler Formation of California.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: California, New Mexico collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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