Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1935. On the Reptilia of the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, with descriptions of new species of fossil turtles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83(2978):159-188
Belongs to Boremys according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2018
See also Gaffney 1972, Gilmore 1935, Hutchison et al. 2013, Joyce and Lyson 2015, Lyson et al. 2011 and Sullivan et al. 2012
Sister taxon: Boremys pulchra
Type specimen: USNM 12979, a shell (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is 3 miles northeast of Hunter's Store (Bisti P.O.), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: New Mexico, Utah collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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