Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Alternative combination: Emys jeanesi
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124
Belongs to Echmatemys according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Leidy 1870 and Leidy 1873
Sister taxa: Echmatemys arethusa, Echmatemys callopyge, Echmatemys cibollensis, Echmatemys depressa, Echmatemys haydeni, Echmatemys lativertebralis, Echmatemys naomi, Echmatemys stevensoniana, Palaeotheca polycypha, Palaeotheca terrestris
Type specimen: USNM 962 (holotype), a partial shell. Its type locality is A few miles from Fort Bridger, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Distribution: found only at A few miles from Fort Bridger
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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