Axestemys quinni
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: †Axestemys
Species: †Axestemys quinni
Name
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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