Plastomenus Cope 1873 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae

Parent taxon: Plastomenini according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2022

See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Estes 1976, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Hutchison 1992, Hutchison 2009, Lichtig and Lucas 2015, Lydekker 1889, Lyson et al. 2021 and Vitek and Joyce 2015

Sister taxa: Helopanoplia, Hutchemys

Subtaxa: Plastomenus joycei Plastomenus thomasii Plastomenus vegetus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (12: North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming collections)

• Clarkforkian of United States (4: Wyoming)

• Paleocene of United States (8: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah)

• Cretaceous of United States (7: Arizona, Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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