Peckemys
Peckemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Family: | †Baenidae |
Genus: | †Peckemys Lyson and Joyce, 2009 |
Type species | |
Peckemys brinkman Lyson and Joyce, 2009
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Peckemys is an extinct genus of baenid turtle which existed in the Hell Creek Formation, United States during the late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian age).[1] It was first named by Tyler R. Lyson and in 2009 and the type species is Peckemys brinkman.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Lyson, T.R. & Joyce, W.G. (2009). "A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudinoes: Baenidae) and an assessment of Baenid ecology across the K/T boundary". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (6): 833–853. doi:10.1666/09-035.1. S2CID 85964417.
Categories:
- Baenidae
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Late Cretaceous turtles of North America
- Hell Creek fauna
- Fossil taxa described in 2009
- Prehistoric turtle stubs