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Hutchemys rememdium

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Hutchemys rememdium was named by Joyce et al. (2009). Its type specimen is YPM PU 16795, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Medicine Rocks Site 1, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial sandstone in the Fort Union Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Hutchemys.

Synonyms
  • Plastomenoides lamberti was named by Hutchison (2009). Its type specimen is YPM (PU) 16795, a partial skeleton (plastron and carapace+limbs and girdle), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Traweek Ranch, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial sandstone in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Hutchemys rememdium by Vitek and Joyce (2015).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Plastomenoides lamberti Hutchison p. 41
2009Hutchemys rememdium Joyce et al.
2015Hutchemys rememdium Vitek and Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
suborderTrionychia
—PantrionychidaeJoyce et al. 2004
—Plastomenidae()
—Plastomenini
genusHutchemys
speciesrememdium

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.

†Hutchemys rememdium Joyce et al. 2009
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Invalid names: Plastomenoides lamberti Hutchison 2009 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Hutchemys rememdium (type locality: 14874) Plastomenoides lamberti (176690 176691 176692 176693 176694)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) Plastomenoides lamberti (176695)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Hutchemys rememdium, Plastomenoides lamberti (15017) Plastomenoides lamberti (176696 176697)