Axestemys byssina

Taxonavigation

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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: Trionychinae
Genus: †Axestemys
Species: Axestemys byssina

Name

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  • Axestemys byssina Cope, 1872
    • Holotype: USNM 4089, xiphiplastron, cervical vertebra, isolated ilium, several fragmentary appendicular elements.
    • Type locality: Black's Fork of Green River, (Bridgerian) Bridger Formation, Wyoming, USA.

Mentions

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  • Axestus byssinus Cope 1872: 462, 1873: 616, 1884: 116, pl. 15, figs. 1-12.
  • Eugenichelys robertemryi Chkhikvadze 2008: 90, fig. 7.

References

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  • Cope, E.D., 1872: Descriptions of some new vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. American Philosophical Society Proceedings, 8: 460–465.