Axestemys byssina

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 byssina

Name

• †Axestemys byssina Cope, 1872
  • Holotype: USNM 4089, xiphiplastron, cervical vertebra, isolated ilium, several fragmentary appendicular elements.
  • Type locality: Black's Fork of Green River, (Bridgerian) Bridger Formation, Wyoming, USA.

Mentions

• Axestus byssinus Cope 1872: 462, 1873: 616, 1884: 116, pl. 15, figs. 1-12.
• Eugenichelys robertemryi Chkhikvadze 2008: 90, fig. 7.

References

• Cope, E.D., 1872: Descriptions of some new vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. American Philosophical Society Proceedings, 8: 460–465.