Kinosternon pojoaque
Kinosternon pojoaque Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Kinosternidae |
Genus: | Kinosternon |
Species: | †K. pojoaque
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Binomial name | |
†Kinosternon pojoaque , 2012
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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.[1]
The type specimen was originally discovered by Galusha and Blick in the Pojoaque Member of the Tesuque Formation. [1]
References[]
- ^ a b 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626824. S2CID 84889382.
Categories:
- Kinosternon
- Extinct turtles
- Miocene turtles
- Miocene reptiles of North America
- Miocene United States
- Neogene geology of New Mexico
- Paleontology in New Mexico
- Fossils of the United States
- Fossil taxa described in 2012
- Reptiles described in 2012
- Prehistoric turtle stubs