A new kinosternoid from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and Montana and the origin of the Dermatemys mawii lineage

G. E. Knauss, W. G. Joyce, T. R. Lyson, and D. Pearson

2011

Article

Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 85:125-142

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12542-010-0081-x

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Dermatemys mawii
• Hoplochelys bicarinata
• Hoplochelys clark
• Hoplochelys crassa
• Macrochelys temminckii

Taxonomy:

• Dermatemys mawii belongs to Dermatemys - Gray (1847)
• Hoplochelys elongata belongs to Hoplochelys crassa - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Baptemys garmanii belongs to Baptemys - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Dermatemys belongs to Dermatemydidae - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Agomphus belongs to Kinosternoidea - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Chelydridae belongs to Chelydroidea - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Emys turgidus belongs to Agomphus pectoralis - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Agomphus pectoralis belongs to Agomphus - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Hoplochelys clark belongs to Hoplochelys - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Hoplochelys laqueata belongs to Hoplochelys crassa - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Hoplochelys bicarinata belongs to Hoplochelys crassa - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Hoplochelys paludosa belongs to Hoplochelys crassa - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Hoplochelys saliens belongs to Hoplochelys crassa - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Hoplochelys crassa belongs to Hoplochelys - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Hoplochelys belongs to Kinosternoidea - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Chelydroidea belongs to Cryptodira - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Emarginachelys cretacea belongs to Emarginachelys - Knauss et al. (2011)
• Emarginachelys belongs to Chelydridae - Knauss et al. (2011)