Reptilia - Testudines - Panemydidae
Full reference: J. H. Hutchison. 2013. New turtles from the Paleogene of North America. Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 477-497
Belongs to Psilosemys according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Hutchison 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 179440, a partial skeleton (fragmentary shell including anterior lobe of plastron and fragments of posterior lobe, nuchal and peripherals 1–3, 6–8, parts of costals 1–3, 6, and neurals 1 a). Its type locality is Fifteenmile Creek 15, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (19: Wyoming collections)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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