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Lutemys
Discussion
A contraction of lutum, Latin for clay, in reference to the type of rock (mudstone/claystone) in which the holotype was found, and emys, Greek for turtle.
Taxonomy
Lutemys was named by Lyson et al. (2017). Its type is Lutemys warreni.
It was assigned to Pankinosternoidea by Lyson et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Pankinosternoidea by Lyson et al. (2017).
Species
L. warreni (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Lutemys Lyson et al. |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. R. Lyson et al. 2017 | Lutemys warreni can be diagnosed as a member of Chelydroidea (i.e., the clade consisting of Kinosternoidea and Chelydridae) based on the presence of a reduced cruciform plastron, true costiform processes (sensu Joyce, 2007) that cross peripheral I and terminate in peripheral II or III on the visceral shell surface, absence of extragulars, absence of pectorals, absence of a midline contact between the abdominals, and less than four inframarginals, and as a representative of Pan-Kinosternoidea based on the presence of an iliac notch in the acetabulum and a strap-like ilial shaft that is angled posteriorly and adorned by an incipient thelial process. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | L. warreni (190747) |