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Hesperotestudo crassicutata

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni, H. bermudae, H. crassiscutata (syn. Testudo sellardsi), H. ducateli, H. gilbertii, H. harrisi, H. orthopygia (syn. Testudo rexroadensis, Geochelone nordensis, Xerobates cyclopygius), H. osborniana (syn. Testudo impensa, Testudo arenivaga, Caryoderma snovianum, Testudo farri), H. turgida (syn. Testudo incisa, Testudo wilsoni, Geochelone johnstoni, Testudo riggsi, Geochelone mlynarskii, Geochelone oelrichi, Geochelone alleni), H. williamsi, Testudo tedwhitei
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
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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
subfamilyXerobatinaeAgassiz 1857
genusHesperotestudo(Williams 1950)
speciescrassicutata

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Geochelone crassiscutata (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Hesperotestudo crassicutata (20604)