Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae
EtymologyThe eponym joycei is named in honor of W. G. Joyce, prominent turtle paleontologist and friend and colleague to T. R. Lyson.
Full reference: T. R. Lyson, H. Petermann, and I. M. Miller. 2021. A new plastomenid trionychid turtle, Plastomenus joycei, sp. nov., from the earliest Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1913600:1-11
Belongs to Plastomenus according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Plastomenus thomasii, Plastomenus vegetus
Type specimen: DMNH EPV.95454, a partial skeleton (mostly complete, articulated shell, fore- and hind limbs, shoulder and pelvic girdle, cervical and caudal vertebrae, and lower jaws). Its type locality is DMNH 6517, which is in a Puercan floodplain mudstone in the Denver Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: Colorado collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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