Kinosternon pojoaque | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 Bourque, 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]
Kinosternon pojoaque |
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Kinosternidae family | |||
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Claudius | |||
†Hoplochelys |
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Kinosternon |
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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. |