Gilmoremys

Name: Gilmoremys ‭(‬named after Charles W.‭ ‬Gilmore‭)‬.
Phonetic: Gil-more-en-sis.
Named By: W.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Joyce‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Lyson‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.
Synonyms: Aspideretes lancensis.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Testudines,‭ ‬Cryptodira,‭ ‬Trionychidae.
Species: G.‭ ‬lancensis‭ (‬type‭), G. gettyspherensis‬.
Diet: Uncertain/Omnivore‭?
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.

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

Further reading
-‭ ‬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.

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