Bairdemys hartsteini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelomedusoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Pantestudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Pelomedusoidea

Familia: Podocnemididae
Genus: †Bairdemys
Species:

Bairdemys hartsteini Gaffney & Wood, 2002

Holotype: AMNH 27222, a nearly complete skull (ﬁgs. 12–15). Collected by Eugene F. Hartstein, 1975.

Type locality: North side of Highway No. 2, west of Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Etymology: For Eugene F. Hartstein, who collected the specimen and donated it to the AMNH in 1991.

Gaffney ES & Wood, RC. 2002 Bairdemys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Miocene of the Caribbean. American Museum novitates, 3359: 1–28, 15 ﬁgures, 2 tables. PDF.