†Cardichelyon Hutchison 2013 (mud turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Full reference: J. H. Hutchison. 2013. New turtles from the Paleogene of North America. Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 477-497
Parent taxon: Dermatemydidae according to W. G. Joyce and J. Claude 2020
See also Hutchison 2013, Lichtig and Lucas 2015 and Vlachos 2018
Sister taxa: Dermatemys, Kallistira, Lindholmemydinae, Peshanemys
Subtaxa: Cardichelyon rogerwoodi
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (18: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (13: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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