Emydoidea blandingii Holbrook 1838 (Blanding's turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Alternative combinations: Cistudo blandingii, Emys blandingii
Synonym: Emys twentei Taylor 1943
Belongs to Emydoidea according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Hecht 1943, Parris and Daeschler 1995, Taylor 1943 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Emydoidea blandingii: ANSP 26123
- Emys twentei: KU 6478 (holotype), a partial shell (partial carapace). Its type locality is Butler Spring (KU Locality 7), which is in an Irvingtonian sinkhole siltstone/sandstone in the Kingsdown Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: Kansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania collections)
• Blancan of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Indiana, Nebraska)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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