Gopherus Rafinesque 1832 (gopher tortoise)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Synonyms: Bysmachelys Johnston 1937, Scaptochelys Bramble 1982, Xerobates Agassiz 1857

Parent taxon: Testudinidae according to S. R. May 2019

See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Auffenberg 1971, Bramble 1982, Carroll 1988, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Frank and Ramus 1996, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1930, Hutchison 1992, Hutchison 1996, Joyce et al. 2004, Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros 2004, Swingland and Klemens 1989, van Dijk et al. 2014, Vlachos 2018, Vlachos and Rabi 2018 and Wall and Maddox 1998

Sister taxa: Achilemys, Aldabrachelys, Anhuichelys, Astrochelys, Barnesia, Cachuga, Caryoderma, Cautleya, Chelys patagonica, Chersina, Cylindraspis, Damonia, Emys sombrerensis, Eochersina, Eochersis, Floridemys, Fontainechelon, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) equicomes, Geocheloninae, Geochelonini, Gopherinae, Gopherus praecedens, Homopus, Juvemys, Kansuchelys, Malacochersus, Manouria, Megalochelys, Miotestudo, Nicoria, Palaeoemys, Pelorochelon, Platysterninae, Protestudo, Psammobates, Pyxis, Sinohadrianus, Solitudo, Stylemys calaverensis, Testudininae, Testudininei, Testudinites sellovii, Testudo annae, Testudo atascosae, Testudo castrensis, Testudo cultrata, Testudo exornata, Testudo formosa, Testudo francisi, Testudo hayi, Testudo klettiana, Testudo laticaudata, Testudo louisekressmani, Testudo luciae, Testudo ocalana, Testudo paranensis, Testudo peragrans, Testudo quadratus, Testudo semenensis, Testudo undata, Xerobatinae

Subtaxa: Gopherus (Gopherus) Gopherus (Oligopherus) Gopherus agassizii Gopherus auffenbergi Gopherus berlandieri Gopherus brevisternus Gopherus depressus Gopherus donlaloi Gopherus edae Gopherus flavomarginatus Gopherus hexagonatus Gopherus laticuneus Gopherus mohavensis Gopherus morafkai Gopherus polyphemus Testudo milleri

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Type: Testudo polyphemus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (8 collections), United States (50: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas)

• Blancan of United States (6: Florida, New Mexico, Texas)

• Pliocene of United States (2: Texas)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Miocene of United States (10: California, Colorado, Texas, Wyoming)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (1: Wyoming)

• Oligocene of United States (4: Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Eocene of United States (5: Colorado, Nebraska, Utah)

Total: 90 collections including 92 occurrences

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