Kinosternon arizonense is an extinct species of mud turtle in the genus Kinosternon.[1] Initially described by Charles W. Gilmore in 1922. In 2016 McCord examined available Pliocene material of K. arizonense and concluded that the fossil material differs significantly from the extant turtles.[1][2] Joyce and Bourque (2016) concurred.[1][3] Rhodin et al. (2017), listed Kinosternon arizonense as extinct.[1]
| Kinosternon arizonense | |
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Extinct (prehistoric)
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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. arizonense
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| Binomial name | |
| †Kinosternon arizonense Gilmore, 1922
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Inverson, John B.; Roger, Bour; Fritz, Uwe; Georges, Arthur; Shaffer, H. Bradley; van Dijk, Peter Paul (August 3, 2017). "Turtles of the world, 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status(8th Ed.)" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 7: 222, 44. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ MCCord, R.D. 2016. What is Kinosternon arizonense? Historical Biology 28:310–315
- ^ Joyce, W.G. and Bourque, J.R. 2016. A review of the fossil record of turtles of the clade Pan-Kinosternoidea. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57:57–95.
Bibliography
edit- Gilmore (1923). "A new fossil turtle, Kinosternon arizonense, from Arizona". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 62 (2451): 1–8. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.62-2451.1. S2CID 128991861.