Plastomenus thomasii
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Plastomeninae
Genus: Plastomenus
Species: Plastomenus thomasii
Name
[edit]- Plastomenus thomasii Cope 1872
Synonyms:
- Trionyx thomasii Cope 1872
- Plastomenus thomasii Cope 1873
Distribution
[edit]- Type locality: “SW Wyoming”
- Syntypes: AMNH 3948 (syntype), shell fragments, (Cope, 1884); USNM 4092, 4093, 5838 (Cope, 1884); AMNH 6018 (“temporary replacement type”, see Vitek and Joyce, 2015:208), nearly complete shell (Hay, 1908).
References
[edit]- Lyson, T. R., H. Petermann, and I. M. Miller. 2021. A new plastomenid trionychid turtle, Plastomenus joycei, sp. nov., from the earliest Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.1913600