Biology:Kinosternon pojoaque
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Short description: Extinct species of turtle
| Kinosternon pojoaque | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jason R. Bourque (2012). "An extinct mud turtle of the Kinosternon flavescens group (Testudines, Kinosternidae) from the middle Miocene (late Barstovian) of New Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (1): 68–81. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626824.
Wikidata ☰ Q6414205 entry
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