Axestemys quinni

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 quinni

Name

• Axestemys quinni Schmidt, 1945
  • Holotype: FMNH P26441, a partial shell (Carapace with one side essentially complete).
  • Type locality: Finley Ranch House, 4 miles west of DeBeque, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.

References

• K. P. Schmidt. 1945. A new turtle from the Paleocene of Colorado. Fieldiana Geology 10:1-4
• N. S. Vitek and W. G. Joyce. 2015. A Review of the Fossil Record of New World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 56(2):185-244