Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 105336
Alternative combinations: Cinosternum flavescens, Platythyra flavescens
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1857. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. I. Part I. Essay on Classi cation. Part II. North American Testudinata. 1-452
Belongs to Kinosternon according to L. S. Fichter 1969
Sister taxa: Kinosternon abaxillare, Kinosternon acutum, Kinosternon alamosae, Kinosternon angustipons, Kinosternon arizonense, Kinosternon baurii, Kinosternon chimalhuaca, Kinosternon creaseri, Kinosternon dunni, Kinosternon durangoense, Kinosternon herrerai, Kinosternon hirtipes, Kinosternon integrum, Kinosternon leucostomum, Kinosternon notolophus, Kinosternon oaxacae, Kinosternon pannekollops, Kinosternon pojoaque, Kinosternon rincon, Kinosternon scorpioides, Kinosternon skullridgescens, Kinosternon sonoriense, Kinosternon subrubrum, Kinosternon wakeeniense
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Average measurements (in mm): 123.9 x 88.6, carapace 113.5 x 87.8
Estimated body mass: 252.7 g based on carapace length