A contraction of lutum, Latin for clay, in reference to the type of rock (mudstone/claystone) in which the holotype was found, and emys, Greek for turtle.
Full reference: T. R. Lyson, W. G. Joyce, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2017. A new chelydroid turtle, Lutemys warreni, gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e1390672
Parent taxon: Pankinosternoidea according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Emarginachelys, Planetochelys, Tullochelys
Subtaxa: Lutemys warreni
Type: Lutemys warreni
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at DMNH 4865 (Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument) (Cretaceous of Utah)
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