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Kinosternon pojoaque

Description

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.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9408485https://www.gbif.org/species/9408485
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)360994https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=360994
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Kinosternidae : Kinosternon : Kinosternon pojoaque
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Kinosternidae : Kinosternon : Kinosternon pojoaque
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodiraCope 1868
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
familyKinosternoidea
familyKinosternidae
-Kinosterninae
genusKinosternonvon Spix 1824
speciesKinosternon pojoaqueBourque 2012
Generic NameKinosternon
Scientific NameKinosternon pojoaque Bourque, 2012
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kinosternon pojoaquespeciesbelongs to Kinosternonstated with evidenceBourque, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentfreshwater (based on Cryptodira)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Cryptodira)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Cryptodira)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. 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 32:68-81
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinosternon_pojoaque

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2012Kinosternon pojoaque Bourque
2016Kinosternon pojoaque Joyce and Bourque

References

Bourque J. R. (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 32, 68-81
Joyce W. G., Bourque J. R. (2016) A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Kinosternoidea, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57 1, 57-95
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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