FHSM VP-200
Axestemys infernalis (Joyce et al., 2019)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Axestemys
Phylum
Chordata
Species
infernalis
Class
Reptilia
Author
Joyce et al.
Order
Testudines
Year
2019
Family
Trionychidae
Collected by
Sternberg, G.F.
Date Collected
1930
Identified By
Joyce, Brinkman, and Lyson
Date Identified
2019
Type
Number of Pieces
5
Description
Dermal Bone; Plastron, (3) hypoplastron and 2 xiphiplastron; Dermal Bone; Carapace, complete; Limb; Phalanx, articulated in matrix

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Wyoming
County
Niobrara
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information.
Group
Formation
Lance
Member
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Latest Epoch
Earliest Age
Latest Age
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Joyce, W.G., Brinkman, D.B., Lyson, T.R. 2019. A new species of trionychid turtle, Axestemys infernalis sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek and Lance formations of the Northern Great Plains, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica, :