†Yelmochelys Brinkman et al. 2016 (mud turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Full reference: D. Brinkman, M. C. Aguillon-Martinez, J. H. Hutchison and C. M. Brown. 2016. Yelmochelys rosarioae gen. et sp. nov., a stem kinosternid (Testudines; Kinosternidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Coahuila, Mexico. PaleoBios 33:1-20
Parent taxon: Kinosternidae according to D. Brinkman et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Baltemys, Kinosterninae, Kinosternon, Leiochelys, Staurotypinae, Staurotypus, Xenochelys
Subtaxa: Yelmochelys rosarioae
Type: Yelmochelys rosarioae
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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