Axestemys montinsana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Trionychoidea

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: †Axestemys
Species: †Axestemys montinsana

Name

• Axestemys montinsana Vitek, 2012: 28, figs. 7-12
  • Holotype: UM 27029, a skull, partial lower jaw, partial carapace, fragmentary entoplastron, hyoplastron, and hypoplastron, xiphiplastron, five cervical vertebrae, a partial pelvic girdle, two humeri, a femur, and various disarticulated appendicular elements.
  • Type locality: Scarritt Quarry, (early Tiffanian, Ti2) Melville Formation, eastern Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana, USA. Discovered by E. Robinson, collected by D. R. Krause 1985 (pers. comm. D.R. Krause 2011; Scott and Krause 2006).

Mentions

• Axestemys cf. A. puercensis: Hutchison and Holroyd 2003: 133, fig. 7F, H-I, 11A-D.

References

• Vitek Natasha, S., 2012: Giant fossil soft-shelled turtles of North America. Palaeontologia Electronica, 15(Issue 1, Article 13A): 1–43.