Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Full reference: J. R. Bourque. 2015. New mud turtles (Kinosternidae,Kinosternon) from the middle–late Miocene of the United States. Journal of Paleontology 89(5):821-844
Belongs to Kinosternon according to W. G. Joyce and J. R. Bourque 2016
Sister taxa: Kinosternon abaxillare, Kinosternon acutum, Kinosternon alamosae, Kinosternon angustipons, Kinosternon arizonense, Kinosternon baurii, Kinosternon chimalhuaca, Kinosternon creaseri, Kinosternon dunni, Kinosternon durangoense, Kinosternon flavescens, Kinosternon herrerai, Kinosternon hirtipes, Kinosternon integrum, Kinosternon leucostomum, Kinosternon notolophus, Kinosternon oaxacae, Kinosternon pojoaque, Kinosternon rincon, Kinosternon scorpioides, Kinosternon skullridgescens, Kinosternon sonoriense, Kinosternon subrubrum, Kinosternon wakeeniense
Type specimen: AMNH FAM12778, a shell. Its type locality is Rowe Ranch, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in Texas.
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution: found only at Rowe Ranch
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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