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Pseudemys floridana (peninsula cooter)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Testudo floridana was named by Le Conte (1830). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pseudemys floridana by Hay (1930), Clarke (1953), Seidel and Smith (1986), van Dijk et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Testudo floridana Le Conte
1930Pseudemys floridana Hay p. 98
1953Pseudemys floridana Clarke p. 438
1986Pseudemys floridana Seidel and Smith p. 246
2014Pseudemys floridana van Dijk et al.

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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
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPseudemysGray 1856
speciesfloridana(Le Conte 1830)

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.

Pseudemys floridana Le Conte 1830 [peninsula cooter]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:20:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:20:16
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pseudemys floridana (20650)