Cardichelyon Hutchison 2013 (mud turtle)

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

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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

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