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Lakotemys
Discussion
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The compound word Lakotemys is derived from the combination of the word Lakota, in reference to the indigenous Lakota people of the greater Black Hills region, and the fossil-bearing Lakota Formation, and emys, ancient Greek for turtles.
Taxonomy
Lakotemys was named by Joyce et al. (2020). Its type is Lakotemys australodakotensis.
It was assigned to Baenidae by Joyce et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Baenidae by Joyce et al. (2020).
Species
L. australodakotensis (type species)
Entered
by E. Vlachos on 2020-02-12; modified by E. Vlachos on 2020-02-13
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Lakotemys Joyce et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. J. Joyce et al. 2020 | Lakotemys australodakotensis gen. et sp. nov. can be diagnosed as a representative of Paracryptodira by the presence of a finely sculptured skull and shell and the likely location of the foramen posterius canalis carotici interni midline along the contact of the basisphenoid and pterygoid and as a representative of Baenidae by the absence of epiplastral processes and the development of well-developed axillary and inguinal buttresses |