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Malaclemys terrapin (diamondback terrapin)
Taxonomy
Testudo terrapin was named by Schoepff (1793). It is extant.
It was recombined as Malaclemys terrapin by Simoes and Chambers (1999), Parham et al. (2008), van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Malaclemys terrapin by Simoes and Chambers (1999), Parham et al. (2008), van Dijk et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1793 | Testudo terrapin Schoepff |
| 1999 | Malaclemys terrapin Simoes and Chambers p. 241 |
| 2008 | Malaclemys terrapin Parham et al. |
| 2014 | Malaclemys terrapin van Dijk et al. |
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Malaclemys terrapin Schoepff 1793 [diamondback terrapin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (8 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 (late glacial) | USA (Georgia) | Malaclemys terrapin (75066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Malaclemys terrapin (150574) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Malaclemys terrapin (150288) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Malaclemys terrapin (150575 150577) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Malaclemys terrapin (227371) | |
| Holocene | Bermuda | Malaclemys terrapin (90684) |