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Gopherus agassizii (Mojave desert tortoise)
Taxonomy
Gopherus agassizii was named by Cooper (1863). It is extant.
It was recombined as Scaptochelys agassizii by Bramble (1982).
It was recombined as Scaptochelys agassizii by Bramble (1982).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Gopherus agassizii Cooper |
| 1961 | Gopherus agassizi Brattstrom p. 551 |
| 1982 | Scaptochelys agassizii Bramble p. 854 |
| 2004 | Gopherus agassizii Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros p. 824 |
| 2014 | Gopherus agassizii van Dijk et al. |
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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.
Gopherus agassizii Cooper 1863 [Mojave desert tortoise]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irvingtonian | USA (Nevada) | Gopherus agassizii (20280) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Gopherus agassizi (76059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Gopherus agassizi (99599 99600) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Nevada) | Gopherus agassizi (99602) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Gopherus agassizi (99601) |