Las tortugas casquito,[1] también conocidas como tortugas de pantano, pertenecen a la familia Kinosternidae. Son propias de América, desde Estados Unidos hasta el norte de Argentina.
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↑Jason R. Bourque (2012). «An extinct mud turtle of the Kinosternon flavescens group (Testudines, Kinosternidae) from the middle Miocene (late Barstovian) of New Mexico». Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology31 (1): 68-81. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626824.