Neurankylus
Neurankylus is an extinct genus of turtles in the Testudines order (Baenidae family) that lived between 112-61 million years ago in Canada and the United States. It was originally placed within the monotypic family Neurankylidae, but it has since been placed in the Neurankylinae, alongside Trinitichelys.[7] The type species, Neurankylus eximius, was described by Lawrence Lambe in 1902.[2] The species N. lithographicus was discovered in the Milk River Formation, alongside the holotype of the pachycephalosaur Acrotholus.[4]
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Family: | †Neurankylidae |
Genus: | †Neurankylus Lambe in Osborn & Lambe, 1902 |
Type species | |
†Neurankylus eximius Lambe, 1902 | |
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References
- Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1916. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of San Juan County, New Mexico. 2. Vertebrate faunas of the Ojo Alamo, Kirtland and Fruitland Formations. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 98-Q:279-302
- Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1902. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous). Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3(2):25-81
- J. R. Lively. 2016. Baenid turtles of the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of southern Utah, USA. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(11):891-918
- D. W. Larson, N. R. Longrich, D. C. Evans and M. J. Ryan. 2013. A new species of Neurankylus from the Milk River Formation (Cretaceous: Santonian) of Alberta, Canada, and a revision of the type species N. eximius. Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 389-405
- A. J. Lichtig and S. G. Lucas. 2016. A new species of Neurankylus (Testudines: Baenidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Crevasse Canyon Formation, southern New Mexico, USA. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 74:117-119
- T. R. Lyson, W. G. Joyce, S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan. 2016. A new baenid turtle from the early Paleocene (Torrejonian) of New Mexico and a species-level phylogenetic analysis of Baenidae. Journal of Paleontology
- "Neurankylidae". GBIF. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
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