Baltemys Hutchison 1991 (mud turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Full reference: J. H. Hutchison. 1991. Early Kinosterninae (Reptilia: Testudines) and their phylogenetic significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):145-167

Parent taxon: Kinosternidae according to A. Lichtig et al. 2018

See also Holroyd et al. 2001, Hutchison 1991, Hutchison 1992, Joyce and Bourque 2016, Joyce et al. 2004 and Lichtig and Lucas 2015

Sister taxa: Kinosterninae, Kinosternon, Leiochelys, Staurotypinae, Staurotypus, Xenochelys, Yelmochelys

Subtaxa: Baltemys staurogastros

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Type: Baltemys staurogastros

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (23: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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