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Geochelone elephantopus (Galapagos giant tortoise)
Taxonomy
Testudo elephantopus was named by Harlan (1827). It is extant.
It was recombined as Geochelone (Chelonoides) elephantopus by Auffenberg (1971); it was recombined as Geochelone elephantopus by Crumly (1982).
It was recombined as Geochelone (Chelonoides) elephantopus by Auffenberg (1971); it was recombined as Geochelone elephantopus by Crumly (1982).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1827 | Testudo elephantopus Harlan p. 284 |
| 1971 | Geochelone (Chelonoides) elephantopus Auffenberg p. 110 |
| 1982 | Geochelone elephantopus Crumly p. 215 |
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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.
Geochelone elephantopus Harlan 1827 [Galapagos giant tortoise]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||