Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Alternative combination: Cistudo ornata
Synonyms: Terrapene longinsulae Hay 1909, Terrapene whitneyi Hay 1916
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1857. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. I. Part I. Essay on Classi cation. Part II. North American Testudinata. 1-452
Belongs to Terrapene according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Cope 1875, Hay 1909, Hay 1916, Hay 1930, Holman and Fritz 2005, Joyce et al. 2012, Milstead 1956, Oelrich 1953 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Cistudo marnochii, Terrapene bulverda, Terrapene carolina, Terrapene coahuila, Terrapene corneri, Terrapene eurypygia, Terrapene hibernaculum, Terrapene impensa, Terrapene impressa, Terrapene klauberi, Terrapene nelsoni, Terrapene parornata, Terrapene putnami, Terrapene singletoni, Cistudo mexicana, Cistudo triunguis, Cistudo major, Cistudo eocaenica
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Arizona, Texas collections)
• Blancan of United States (2: Arizona, New Mexico)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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