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Geochelone carbonaria (red-footed tortoise)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo carbonaria was named by Spix (1824). It is extant.

It was recombined as Geochelone (Chelonoides) carbonaria by Auffenberg (1971); it was recombined as Geochelone carbonaria by Crumly (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Testudo carbonaria Spix
1971Geochelone (Chelonoides) carbonaria Auffenberg p. 106
1982Geochelone carbonaria Crumly p. 215

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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
speciescarbonaria(Spix 1824)

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 carbonaria Spix 1824 [red-footed tortoise]
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Diagnosis
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