Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Alternative combination: Chrysemys idahoensis
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1933. A new species of extinct turtle from the Upper Pliocene of Idaho. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(9):1-7
Belongs to Pseudemys according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Gilmore 1933 and Zug 1969
Sister taxa: Pseudemys alabamensis, Pseudemys caelata, Pseudemys carri, Pseudemys concinna, Pseudemys floridana, Pseudemys gorzugi, Pseudemys nelsoni, Pseudemys peninsularis, Pseudemys rubriventris, Pseudemys texana, Pseudemys williamsi
Type specimen: USNM 12059, a partial skeleton (skull, carapace, postcrania). Its type locality is Hagerman (Gidley Horse Quarry), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Hagerman (Gidley Horse Quarry)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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