†Cardichelyon rogerwoodi 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
Belongs to Cardichelyon according to W. G. Joyce and J. Claude 2020
See also Hutchison 2013 and Vlachos 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YPM (PU) 14671, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Ries, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (18: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (6: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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