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Testudo sphaerica

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo sphaerica was named by Wiman (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pao-Te-Chou, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. chailloti, T. lambrechti, T. roquesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Testudo sphaerica Wiman
1963Testudo sphaerica Yeh
1983Testudo sphaerica Crumly

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
tribeTestudininiBatsch 1788
genusTestudo
speciessphaerica

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.

†Testudo sphaerica Wiman 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Vallesian to the top of the Ruscinian or 11.60800 to 3.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (shaanxi) Testudo sphaerica (42254)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China Testudo sphaerica (type locality: 195284)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (shaanxi) Testudo sphaerica (42862)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2China (Shanxi) Testudo sphaerica (42273)