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Geochelone (Chelonoidis)
Taxonomy
Geochelone (Chelonoidis) was named by Fitzinger (1835). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by de la Fuente et al. (2018).
It was misspelled as Chelonioidis by Riff et al. (2010); it was reranked as Chelonoidis by de Broin and de la Fuente (1993), de la Fuente (1994), Franz and Franz (2009), Manzano et al. (2009), Souberlich and de la Fuente (2011), Zacarias et al. (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014), Cadena et al. (2015), Rhodin et al. (2015), Turvey et al. (2017), Vlachos and Rabi (2018), Albury et al. (2018), Vlachos (2018), de la Fuente et al. (2018), Franz et al. (2020), Alfonso-Rojas et al. (2021), de la Fuente et al. (2022), Vlachos et al. (2022) and Vizcaíno et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Geochelone by Fitzinger (1835); to Testudininei by de Broin and de la Fuente (1993); to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018); to Geochelonini by de la Fuente et al. (2022) and Vlachos et al. (2022); and to Testudinidae by de la Fuente (1994), Franz and Franz (2009), Manzano et al. (2009), Riff et al. (2010), Souberlich and de la Fuente (2011), Zacarias et al. (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014), Cadena et al. (2015), Rhodin et al. (2015), Turvey et al. (2017), Albury et al. (2018), Vlachos (2018), de la Fuente et al. (2018), Franz et al. (2020), Alfonso-Rojas et al. (2021) and Vizcaíno et al. (2022).
It was misspelled as Chelonioidis by Riff et al. (2010); it was reranked as Chelonoidis by de Broin and de la Fuente (1993), de la Fuente (1994), Franz and Franz (2009), Manzano et al. (2009), Souberlich and de la Fuente (2011), Zacarias et al. (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014), Cadena et al. (2015), Rhodin et al. (2015), Turvey et al. (2017), Vlachos and Rabi (2018), Albury et al. (2018), Vlachos (2018), de la Fuente et al. (2018), Franz et al. (2020), Alfonso-Rojas et al. (2021), de la Fuente et al. (2022), Vlachos et al. (2022) and Vizcaíno et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Geochelone by Fitzinger (1835); to Testudininei by de Broin and de la Fuente (1993); to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018); to Geochelonini by de la Fuente et al. (2022) and Vlachos et al. (2022); and to Testudinidae by de la Fuente (1994), Franz and Franz (2009), Manzano et al. (2009), Riff et al. (2010), Souberlich and de la Fuente (2011), Zacarias et al. (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014), Cadena et al. (2015), Rhodin et al. (2015), Turvey et al. (2017), Albury et al. (2018), Vlachos (2018), de la Fuente et al. (2018), Franz et al. (2020), Alfonso-Rojas et al. (2021) and Vizcaíno et al. (2022).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1835 | Geochelone (Chelonoidis) Fitzinger |
| 1993 | Chelonoidis de Broin and de la Fuente p. 10 |
| 1994 | Chelonoidis de la Fuente |
| 2009 | Chelonoidis Franz and Franz |
| 2009 | Chelonoidis Manzano et al. |
| 2010 | Chelonioidis Riff et al. |
| 2011 | Chelonoidis Souberlich and de la Fuente |
| 2013 | Chelonoidis Zacarias et al. |
| 2014 | Chelonoidis de la Fuente et al. |
| 2014 | Chelonoidis van Dijk et al. |
| 2015 | Chelonoidis Cadena et al. |
| 2015 | Chelonoidis Rhodin et al. |
| 2017 | Chelonoidis Turvey et al. |
| 2018 | Chelonoidis Albury et al. |
| 2018 | Chelonoidis Vlachos |
| 2018 | Chelonoidis Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
| 2018 | Chelonoidis de la Fuente et al. |
| 2020 | Chelonoidis Franz et al. |
| 2021 | Chelonoidis Alfonso-Rojas et al. |
| 2022 | Chelonoidis Vizcaíno et al. |
| 2022 | Chelonoidis Vlachos et al. |
| 2022 | Chelonoidis de la Fuente et al. |
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Subg. Geochelone (Chelonoidis) Fitzinger 1835
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2018 | Neotropical tortoises diagnosed by a collapse of the foramen nervi glossopharyngei onto the fenestra postotica, and anterior reduction of the inner dentary crest in the cranium; carapace without cervical scute, first neural hexagonal with short postero-lateral sides (subject to variation), contact between pleural 3 and marginal 6, large entoplastron, pectoral scutes in the plastron narrower in the midline and antero-posteriorly expanded toward the marginal scutes, and loss of isolated spur corneous. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Cuba (Habana) | Geochelone sp. (13265) |