Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae
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The species epithet australodakotensis is formed in allusion to the state of South Dakota through the combination of the word auster with the suffix -alis, Latin for south, and Dakota. The suffix -ensis is used to indicate a location.
Full reference: W. J. Joyce, Y. Rollot, and R. L. Cifelli. 2020. A new species of baenid turtle from the Early Cretaceous Lakota Formation of South Dakota. Fossil Record 23:1-23
Belongs to Lakotemys according to W. J. Joyce et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OMNH 67133, a partial shell. Its type locality is OMNH V1332, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Lakota Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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