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Aspideretoides is an
extinct genus of soft-s****ed
turtle from the Late
Cretaceous of
North America. The
genus was
named in 1995 by
James D.
Gardner and...
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Aspideretoides...
- A
genus of softs****
turtles belonging to the
family Trionychidae.
Aspideretoides A.
foveatus Trionychidae turtle.
Helopanoplia H.
distincta Trionychidae...
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following turtles have been
found in the formation:
Adocus "Apalone"
Aspideretoides (3 species)
Basilemys Boremys Judithemys Neurankylus Plesiobaena 2 indeterminate...
- plastomenines.
These extinct genera are known:
Subfamily Plastomeninae †
Aspideretoides †Atoposemys †Gilmoremys
Tribe Plastomenini †Hutchemys †Helopanoplia...
- Meniscoessus,
while there are five (possibly seven)
types of
turtle remains (
Aspideretoides, Compsemys, Hoplochelys, Neurankylus, Plastomenus, and
possibly Adocus...
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species †Arossia
newmani †Asaphis †Asaphis
centenaria †
Aspideretoides †
Aspideretoides virgini****
Astarte †Astarte
cuneiformis †Astarte
exaltata †Astarte...
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trionychoids Adocus and Basilemys, and the softs****ed
turtles Apalone and
Aspideretoides. Six
small lizards are
known but no snakes, with the
teiids Socognathus...
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palmeri Asio †Asio
flammeus – or
unidentified comparable form †
Aspideretoides †
Aspideretoides virgini**** – type
locality for
species Astarte †Astarte castanea...
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diversity of
primitive trionychoids, and the softs****ed
turtles Apalone,
Aspideretoides, and a new form, are also present.
Fragmentary material from the choristodere...
