Sternotherus palaeodorus

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

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

Name

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  • 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

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  • 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