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Malaclemys (diamondback terrapin)
Taxonomy
Malaclemys was named by Gray (1844). It is extant.
It was assigned to Emydinae by Bickham (1975); to Emydidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Deirochelyinae by Parham et al. (2008), van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Emydinae by Bickham (1975); to Emydidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Deirochelyinae by Parham et al. (2008), van Dijk et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Malaclemys Gray |
| 1975 | Malaclemys Bickham p. 203 |
| 1996 | Malaclemys Frank and Ramus |
| 2008 | Malaclemys Parham et al. |
| 2014 | Malaclemys van Dijk et al. |
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G. Malaclemys Gray 1844 [diamondback terrapin]
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Malaclemys terrapin Schoepff 1793 [diamondback terrapin]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Malaclemys terrapin (227368) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Malaclemys terrapin (150288) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Malaclemys terrapin (150574) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Malaclemys terrapin (150575 150577) | |
| Holocene | Bermuda | Malaclemys terrapin (90684) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Malaclemys terrapin (227371) |