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Kinosternon pojoaque

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Extinct species of turtle

Kinosternon pojoaque
Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Kinosternon
Species: K. pojoaque
Binomial name
Kinosternon pojoaque
Bourque, 2012

Kinosternon pojoaque is an extinct turtle in the genus Kinosternon. It existed in what is now New Mexico, United States, during the Middle Miocene period. It was described by Jason R. Bourque in 2012.

The type specimen was originally discovered by Galusha and Blick in the Pojoaque Member of the Tesuque Formation.

References

  1. ^ Jason R. Bourque (2012). "An extinct mud turtle of the Kinosternon flavescens group (Testudines, Kinosternidae) from the middle Miocene (late Barstovian) of New Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (1): 68–81. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32...68B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626824. S2CID 84889382.
Taxon identifiers
Kinosternon pojoaque
Kinosternidae family
Genera
Species of the Kinosternidae family
Claudius
Hoplochelys
Kinosternon
Sternotherus
Staurotypus
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct.
Testudines
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 


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