Bairdemys hartsteini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelomedusoidea

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 Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Pelomedusoidea

Familia: Podocnemididae
Genus: †Bairdemys
Species: Bairdemys hartsteini

Name

Bairdemys hartsteini Gaffney & Wood, 2002

Holotype: AMNH 27222, a nearly complete skull (figs. 12–15). Collected by Eugene F. Hartstein, 1975.

Type locality: North side of Highway No. 2, west of Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Etymology: For Eugene F. Hartstein, who collected the specimen and donated it to the AMNH in 1991.

References

• Eugene S. Gaffney & Roger C. Wood, 2002: Bairdemys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Miocene of the Caribbean. American Museum novitates, 3359: 1–28, 15 figures, 2 tables. PDF.