Sternotherus palaeodorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira

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: Chelydroidea
Familia: Kinosternidae
Subfamilia: Kinosterninae
Genus: Sternotherus
Species: Sternotherus palaeodorus

Name

• Sternotherus palaeodorus　Bourque & Schubert 2015: 4
  • Holotype: ETMNH 13912
  • Type locality: Gray Fossil Site, Washington County, near the town of Gray, Tennessee, 36.5°N 82.5°W

References

• Jason R. Bourque & Blaine W. Schubert 2015 Fossil musk turtles (Kinosternidae, Sternotherus)

from the late Miocene–early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of Tennessee and Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e885441: 1-19 DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.885441