Alternative combination: Emarginochelys cretacea
Full reference: K. N. Whetstone. 1978. A new genus of cryptodiran turtles (Testudinoidea, Chelydridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Univeristy of Kansas Science Bulletin 51(17):539-563
Belongs to Emarginachelys according to W. G. Joyce and J. R. Bourque 2016
See also Bryant 1989, Danilov and Parham 2008, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Knauss et al. 2011 and Whetstone 1978
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: KUVP 23488, a partial skeleton (carapace; plastron; skull lacking lower jaw; right stapes, posterior horn of hyoid; right forelimb and girdle lacking phalanges of digits IV and V; left forelim). Its type locality is Emarginachelys cretacea type locality, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Montana, North Dakota collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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