Pseudemys Gray 1856 (cooter)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Synonyms: Nectemys Agassiz 1857, Ptychemys Agassiz 1857

Parent taxon: Emydidae according to R. E. Weems 2023

See also Bickham 1975, Cope 1875, Estes 1964, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1930, Holman 1985, Holman et al. 1990, Parham et al. 2008, Seidel and Smith 1986, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Vlachos 2018

Sister taxa: Batagurinae, Callagur, Chelonemys, Chelopus, Chrysemys limnodytes, Clemmys hutchensorum, Clemmys saxea, Deirochelyinae, Deirochelys floridana, Emydinae, Emydoidea, Emydoidea hutchisoni, Emys, Epiemys, Glyptemys, Grayemys, Gyremys, Hieremys, Hybemys, Lyssemys, Malacoclemmys, Palaeotheca, Polyechmatemys, Pseudemys bisornatus, Pseudemys extincta, Pseudemys hillii, Pseudochrysemys, Pseudograptemys, Pyxidea, Sakya, Senryuemys, Shansiemys, Sharemys, Terrapene

Subtaxa: Pseudemys alabamensis Pseudemys caelata Pseudemys carri Pseudemys concinna Pseudemys floridana Pseudemys gorzugi Pseudemys idahoensis Pseudemys nelsoni Pseudemys peninsularis Pseudemys rubriventris Pseudemys texana Pseudemys williamsi

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Type: Testudo concinna

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Haiti (1 collection), United States (19: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma, Virginia)

• Blancan of United States (4: Florida, Idaho)

• Hemphillian of United States (5: Florida)

• Miocene of United States (7: Florida, Maryland)

Total: 36 collections including 43 occurrences

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