Arvinachelys goldeni Lively 2015 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae

Full reference: J. R. Lively. 2015. A new species of baenid turtle from the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of southern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(6):e1009084:1-16

Belongs to Arvinachelys according to W. G. Joyce and T. R. Lyson 2015

See also Lively 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMNH VP 21151, a skeleton. Its type locality is Horse Mountain Gryposaur Quarry, which is in a Campanian terrestrial mudstone in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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