Emydoidea blandingii Holbrook 1838 (Blanding's turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Alternative combinations: Cistudo blandingii, Emys blandingii

Synonym: Emys twentei Taylor 1943

Belongs to Emydoidea according to E. Vlachos 2018

See also Hecht 1943, Parris and Daeschler 1995, Taylor 1943 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Emydoidea blandingii: ANSP 26123
  • Emys twentei: KU 6478 (holotype), a partial shell (partial carapace). Its type locality is Butler Spring (KU Locality 7), which is in an Irvingtonian sinkhole siltstone/sandstone in the Kingsdown Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (5: Kansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania collections)

• Blancan of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Indiana, Nebraska)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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