Plastomenus joycei

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 joycei

Name

• Plastomenus joycei Lyson, Petermann & Miller. 2021:3

Synonyms:

• Plastomenus joycei Lyson, Petermann & Miller. 2021:3

Distribution

• Type locality: DMNH Loc. 6517 in the Corral Bluffs study area. The Corral Bluffs study area is situated east of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado

• Holotype: DMNH EPV.95454

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