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Geochelone
Taxonomy
Geochelone was named by Fitzinger (1835). It is extant. It is the type genus of Geocheloninae. It was considered polyphyletic by Meylan and Auffenberg (1986).
It was assigned to Geochelonini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); to Testudinidae by Auffenberg (1971), Antunes and de Broin (1977), Auffenberg (1981), Holman and Sullivan (1981), Crumly (1982), Meylan and Auffenberg (1986), Holman and Tokaryk (1987), Carroll (1988), Parris and Daeschler (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), Zug (2001), Burney et al. (2008), Böhme (2008), Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer (2010), de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Estes and Tihen (1964), Holman (1985) and Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
It was assigned to Geochelonini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); to Testudinidae by Auffenberg (1971), Antunes and de Broin (1977), Auffenberg (1981), Holman and Sullivan (1981), Crumly (1982), Meylan and Auffenberg (1986), Holman and Tokaryk (1987), Carroll (1988), Parris and Daeschler (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), Zug (2001), Burney et al. (2008), Böhme (2008), Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer (2010), de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Estes and Tihen (1964), Holman (1985) and Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
Species
G. (Asterochelys), G. (Chelonoidis), G. (Geochelone), G. carbonaria, G. chilensis, G. costaricensis, G. demissa, G. elegans, G. elephantopus, G. gigantea, G. kalganensis, G. laetoliensis, G. nigra, G. oskarkuhni, G. pardalis, G. platynota, G. radiata, G. stromeri, G. sulcata, G. travancorica, G. yniphora
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1835 | Geochelone Fitzinger |
| 1835 | Geochelone (Geochelone) Fitzinger |
| 1873 | Testudo (Asterochelys) Gray |
| 1957 | Geochelone (Asterochelys) Loveridge and Williams |
| 1964 | Geochelone Estes and Tihen p. 464 |
| 1971 | Geochelone Auffenberg p. 116 |
| 1977 | Geochelone Antunes and de Broin |
| 1981 | Geochelone Auffenberg p. 510 |
| 1981 | Geochelone Holman and Sullivan p. 140 |
| 1982 | Geochelone Crumly p. 215 |
| 1985 | Geochelone Holman |
| 1986 | Geochelone Meylan and Auffenberg p. 280 |
| 1987 | Geochelone Holman and Tokaryk |
| 1988 | Geochelone Carroll |
| 1989 | Geochelone Swingland and Klemens p. 124 |
| 1995 | Geochelone Parris and Daeschler p. 567 |
| 1996 | Geochelone Frank and Ramus |
| 2001 | Geochelone Zug p. 214 |
| 2008 | Geochelone Burney et al. p. 19 |
| 2008 | Geochelone Böhme p. 168 |
| 2010 | Geochelone Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer |
| 2014 | Geochelone de la Fuente et al. |
| 2014 | Geochelone van Dijk et al. |
| 2018 | Geochelone Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
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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.
G. Geochelone Fitzinger 1835
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Subg. Geochelone (Chelonoidis) Fitzinger 1835
Geochelone carbonaria Spix 1824 [red-footed tortoise]
Geochelone chilensis Gray 1870 [Chaco tortoise]
†Geochelone costaricensis Segura 1944
†Geochelone demissa Gilmore 1931
Geochelone elegans Schoepff 1794 [Indian star tortoise]
Geochelone elephantopus Harlan 1827 [Galapagos giant tortoise]
Geochelone gigantea Schweigger 1812 [Aldabra tortoise]
†Geochelone kalganensis Gilmore 1931
†Geochelone laetoliensis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987
Geochelone nigra Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [Galapagos tortoise]
†Geochelone oskarkuhni Mlynarski 1969
Geochelone pardalis Bell 1828 [Leopard tortoise]
Geochelone platynota Blyth 1863 [Burmese star tortoise]
Geochelone radiata Shaw 1802 [Radiated tortoise]
†Geochelone stromeri Meylan and Auffenberg 1986
Geochelone sulcata Miller 1779 [African spurred tortoise]
Geochelone travancorica Boulenger 1907
Geochelone yniphora Vaillant 1885 [angonoka]
Invalid names: Geochelone (Asterochelys) Gray 1873 [invalid subgroup], Geochelone (Geochelone) Fitzinger 1835 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available