Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Species epithet commemorates paleontologist Dr. Aaron R. Wood, friend and colleague who discovered and collected the type specimens.
Full reference: J. R. Bourque. 2022. A ptychogastrine (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from the early Miocene of Panama and a review of Miocene testudinoids from Central America. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 59(2):16-44
Belongs to Forachelys according to J. R. Bourque 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UF 280569, a partial shell. Its type locality is El Lirio Norte, which is in a Hemingfordian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Culebra Formation of Panama.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at El Lirio Norte
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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