Glyptemys Agassiz 1857 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Synonym: Calemys Agassiz 1857

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: Emydidae according to E. Vlachos 2018

See also Holman 2002, Holman and Fritz 2001 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Batagurinae, Callagur, Chelonemys, Chelopus, Chrysemys limnodytes, Clemmys hutchensorum, Clemmys saxea, Deirochelyinae, Deirochelys floridana, Emydinae, Emydoidea, Emydoidea hutchisoni, Emys, Epiemys, Grayemys, Gyremys, Hieremys, Hybemys, Lyssemys, Malacoclemmys, Palaeotheca, Polyechmatemys, Pseudemys, Pseudemys bisornatus, Pseudemys extincta, Pseudemys hillii, Pseudochrysemys, Pseudograptemys, Pyxidea, Sakya, Senryuemys, Shansiemys, Sharemys, Terrapene

Subtaxa: Glyptemys insculpta Glyptemys muhlenbergii Glyptemys valentinensis

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (5: Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee collections)

• Miocene of United States (7: Nebraska)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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