A new dermatemydid (Testudines, Kinosternoidea) from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Willwood Formation, southeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

J. R. Bourque, J. H. Hutchison, P. A. Holroyd, and J. I. Bloch

2015

Article

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1-19

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.905481

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Gomphochelys
• Gomphochelys nanus

Taxonomy:

• Gomphochelys nanus belongs to Gomphochelys - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Gomphochelys belongs to Dermatemydidae - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Dermatemydidae belongs to Kinosternoidea - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Kinosternoidea belongs to Trionychoidea - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Trionychoidea belongs to Cryptodira - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Cryptodira belongs to Testudines - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Baptemys belongs to Dermatemydidae - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Baptemys wyomingensis belongs to Baptemys - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Notomorpha gravis belongs to Notomorpha - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Dermatemys costilatus belongs to Notomorpha garmanii - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Baptemys tricarinata belongs to Notomorpha garmanii - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Baena ponderosa belongs to Baptemys wyomingensis - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Notomorpha belongs to Dermatemydidae - Bourque et al. (2015)
• Notomorpha garmanii belongs to Notomorpha - Bourque et al. (2015)