The specific epithet honors David Warren for his long time support of the Department of Earth Sciences at the Denver Museum of Nature and
Science, and his overall long-term support of paleontology in the Rocky Mountain West.
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
Belongs to Lutemys according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DMNH EPV.89000, a partial skeleton (disarticulated skeleton that includes portions of the shell, pelvis, appendicular elements, partial left? frontal, and partial left dentary). Its type locality is DMNH 4865 (Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument), which is in a Campanian fluvial siltstone in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at DMNH 4865 (Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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