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Gopherus auffenbergi

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy

Gopherus auffenbergi was named by Mooser (1972). Its type specimen is FC 500 (temporary number), a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cedazo, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Tacubaya Formation of Mexico.

It was synonymized subjectively with Scaptochelys berlandieri by Bramble (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Xerobates berlandieri by Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros (2004).

Synonyms

Gopherus pargensis was named by Mooser (1980). Its type specimen is TMM 41536-29 (holotype), a partial shell (partial carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cedazo, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Tacubaya Formation of Mexico.

It was considered a nomen vanum by Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros (2004); it was synonymized subjectively with Gopherus auffenbergi by Vlachos (2018).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1972	Gopherus auffenbergi Mooser
1980	Gopherus pargensis Mooser
2018	Gopherus auffenbergi Vlachos

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Testudinata	(Oppel 1811)
order	Testudines	Batsch 1788
suborder	Cryptodira
—	Pantestudinoidea
superfamily	Testudinoidea
family	Testudinidae	Batsch 1788
genus	Gopherus	Rafinesque 1832
species	auffenbergi

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.

†Gopherus auffenbergi Mooser 1972

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Invalid names: Gopherus pargensis Mooser 1980 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
E. Vlachos 2018	Gopherus auffenbergi can be diagnosed as a member of Gopherus based on the characters mentioned above. Gopherus auffenbergi differs from other Gopherus in the short costals III, V, and VII that allow a medial contact of the costals II, IV, and VI and the absence of gular covering of the entoplastron.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

herbivoref

Diet 2:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

oviparousf

Created:

2005-08-26 07:16:55

Modified:

2005-09-09 16:16:46

Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: Irvingtonian or 1.80000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	Mexico (Aguascalientes)	Gopherus auffenbergi, Gopherus pargensis (type locality: 20283)