Saxochelys gilberti

Taxonavigation

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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

Familia: †Baenidae
Genus: †Saxochelys
Species: Saxochelys gilberti

Name

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  • Saxochelys gilberti Lyson, Sayler & Joyce 2019:2
    • Holotype: DMNH EPV.96000
    • Type locality: DMNH Loc. 6302 (Turtle Ridge locality), northwest of Marmarth, Bucklin Township, Slope County, North Dakota

References

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  • Lyson, T.R., Sayler, J.L. & Joyce, W.G. 2019. A new Baenid turtle, Saxochelys gilberti, gen. et sp. nov., from the uppermost cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek formation: Sexual dimorphism and spatial niche partitioning within the most speciose group of Late Cretaceous turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1662428:1-18. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1662428