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