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Geochelone costaricensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo costaricensis was named by Segura (1944). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Geochelone costaricensis by Auffenberg (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. crassicutata, G. eocaenica, G. leberonensis, G. perpiniana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Testudo costaricensis Segura
1971Geochelone costaricensis Auffenberg p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
genusGeocheloneFitzinger 1835
speciescostaricensis(Segura 1944)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Geochelone costaricensis Segura 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available