Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Full reference: F. A. Ritgen. 1828. Versuch einer natürlichen Eintheilung der Amphibien [Attempt of a natural division of the amphibians]. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher 14:247-284
Parent taxon: Emydinae according to J. A. Holman and U. Fritz 2001
See also Bickham 1975, Bourque 2016, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Holman 2002, Melentis 1966, Parris and Daeschler 1995, Shoshani et al. 1989 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Actinemys, Emyda, Wilburemys
Subtaxa: Clemmys gaudryi Clemmys guttata Clemmys schansiensis Clemmys ukoi
Type: Testudo guttata
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of China (2), France (2), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Kazakhstan (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Georgia (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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