Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae

Alternative combinations: Aspideretes vegetus, Hummelichelys vegetus, Trionyx vegetus

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1919. Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 119:1-68

Belongs to Plastomenus according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2021

See also Chkhikvadze 2000, Gilmore 1919, Hay 1930 and Vitek and Joyce 2015

Sister taxa: Plastomenus joycei, Plastomenus thomasii

Type specimen: USNM 8539, a partial shell

Distribution: found only at San Juan Basin (non-specific) (Paleocene of New Mexico)

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