Graptemys Agassiz 1857 (map turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

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

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

See also Bickham 1975, Bjork 1967, Ehret and Bourque 2011, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1930, Holman et al. 1990, Hutchison 1992, Parham et al. 2008, van Dijk et al. 2014, Vlachos 2018 and Wilson 1967

Sister taxa: Chrysemys, Deirochelys, Malaclemys, Trachemys

Subtaxa: Graptemys barbouri Graptemys caglei Graptemys ernsti Graptemys flavimaculata Graptemys geographica Graptemys gibbonsi Graptemys kerneri Graptemys kohni Graptemys nigrinoda Graptemys oculifera Graptemys ouachitensis Graptemys pearlensis Graptemys pseudogeographica Graptemys pulchra Graptemys sabinensis Graptemys versa Graptemys yamashitai

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Type: Testudo geographica

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (11: Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Texas)

• Blancan of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Pliocene of United States (1: Virginia)

• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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