Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Alternative combinations: Plastomenus thomasi, Trionyx thomasii
Synonyms: Plastomenus tantillus Hay 1908, Plastomenus visendus Hay 1908
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Descriptions of some new Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:460-465
Belongs to Plastomenus according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2021
See also Cope 1872, Cope 1873, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Joyce and Lyson 2010 and Vitek and Joyce 2015
Sister taxa: Plastomenus joycei, Plastomenus vegetus
Type specimens:
- Plastomenus thomasii: AMNH 6018, a partial shell. Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek badlands (Bridger B), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
- Plastomenus tantillus: AMNH 5980, a partial shell (nearly the complete carapace and the greater portion of the plastron). Its type locality is Near the mouth of Cottonwood Creek (Bridger B), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
- Plastomenus visendus: AMNH 1895, a shell. Its type locality is Rattlesnake Hills, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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