Plastomenus thomasii

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: Plastomeninae
Genus: Plastomenus
Species: Plastomenus thomasii

Name

• Plastomenus thomasii Cope 1872

Synonyms:

• Trionyx thomasii Cope 1872
  • Plastomenus thomasii Cope 1873

Distribution

• 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

• 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