Trachemys haugrudi

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Trachemys haugrudi
Temporal range: Zanclean
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
Species:
T. haugrudi
Binomial name
Trachemys haugrudi
Jasinski, 2018

Trachemys haugrudi is an extinct species of Trachemys that lived during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

Trachemys haugrudi is known from the Gray Fossil Site of eastern Tennessee. [1]

References

  1. Jasinski, Steven E. (13 February 2018). "A new slider turtle (Testudines: Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Trachemys) from the late Hemphillian (late Miocene/early Pliocene) of eastern Tennessee and the evolution of the deirochelyines". PeerJ . 6: e4338. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4338 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   5815335 . PMID   29456887.