Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Alternative combinations: Bothremys miocenica, Taphrosphys miocenica
Full reference: R. L. Collins and W. G. Lynn. 1936. Fossil Turtles from Maryland. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 76(2):151-173
Belongs to Bairdemys according to R. E. Weems 2023
See also Gaffney et al. 2006, Weems and Knight 2013 and Zug 2001
Sister taxa: Bairdemys hartsteini, Bairdemys healeyorum, Bairdemys sanchezi, Bairdemys thalassica, Bairdemys venezuelensis, Bairdemys winklerae
Type specimen: USNM 13784, a partial shell (anterior lobe of a plastron). Its type locality is Camp Roosevelt, Zone 10, which is in a Burdigalian estuary/bay claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland, North Carolina collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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