Gilmoremys

Gil-more-en-sis.

By John Stewart

Published on September 19, 2013

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Name

Gilmoremys ‭(‬named after Charles W.‭ ‬Gilmore‭)‬.

Phonetic

Gil-more-en-sis.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Testudines,‭ ‬Cryptodira,‭ ‬Trionychidae.

Diet

Uncertain/Omnivore‭?

Species

G.‭ ‬lancensis‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬Montana‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hell Creek Formation,‭ ‬North Dakota‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hell Creek Formation,‭ ‬Wyoming‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lance Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial remains of several individuals.

In Depth

Gilmoremys is a species of turtle that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.

-‭ ‬Description of two new species of turtles,‭ ‬from the Lance Formation of Wyoming.‭ ‬Proceedings of the United States National Museum‭ ‬50‭(‬2137‭)‬:614-646.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Gilmore‭ ‬-‭ ‬1916. -‭ ‬New material of Gilmoremys lancensis nov.‭ ‬comb.‭ (‬Testudines:‭ ‬Trionychidae‭) ‬from the Hell Creek Formation and the diagnosis of plastomenid turtles.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Paleontology‭ ‬5‭(‬3‭)‬:422-459.‭ ‬-‭ ‬W.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Joyce‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Lyson‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011. – New Cranial Material of Gilmoremys lancensis (Testudines, Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation of Southeastern Montana, U.S.A.. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (6): e1225748. – Walter Joyce, Tyler Lyson & Scott Williamson – 2016. – A new species of trionychid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation of New Mexico, USA. – Journal of Paleontology. Online edition (6): 1107–1114. – Walter G. Joyce, Tyler R. Lyson & Joseph J.W. Sertich – 2018.

Gilmoremys

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