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Paleotestudo
Taxonomy
Paleotestudo was named by Lartet (1851).
It was assigned to Testudinidae by Perez-Garcia and Murelaga (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
It was assigned to Testudinidae by Perez-Garcia and Murelaga (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1851 | Paleotestudo Lartet |
| 1951 | Paralichelys catalaunicus Bergounioux |
| 1954 | Paralichelys catalaunicus Bergounioux p. 45 |
| 1958 | Cheirogaster arrahonensis Bergounioux |
| 2013 | Paleotestudo Perez-Garcia and Murelaga |
| 2014 | Palaeotestudo de la Fuente et al. |
| 2018 | Paleotestudo Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
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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.
G. †Paleotestudo Lartet 1851
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†Paleotestudo canetotiana Lartet 1851
†Paleotestudo mellingi Peters 1868
Invalid names: Cheirogaster arrahonensis Bergounioux 1958 [nomen dubium], Paralichelys catalaunicus Bergounioux 1951 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the MN 11 or 23.04000 to 7.90000 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Spain (Zaragoza) | P. antiqua (193245 193246 193247) | |
| Miocene | Spain (Catalonia) | Testudo catalaunica (201475) | |
| Langhian | Austria (Styria) | Emys mellingi (144047) | |
| Langhian | Spain | P. antiqua (187337 187341) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Spain | P. antiqua (187347) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Testudo canetotiana (32191) | |
| Middle Miocene | France (Gers) | Testudo canetotiana (143472) | |
| Middle Miocene | Spain (Catalonia) | Testudo catalaunica (204221 204222 204223 204224) | |
| Middle Miocene | Spain (Barcelona) | Testudo catalaunica (204220) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Spain | Testudo catalaunica (190006) | |
| Serravallian | Spain | P. antiqua (187345) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Spain (Cataluña) | Testudo catalaunica (92640) | |
| Vallesian | Spain (Zaragoza) | P. antiqua (35876) | |
| Vallesian | Spain | Testudo catalaunica (40765) | |
| Vallesian | Spain (Segovia) | Testudo catalaunica (40767) | |
| MN 10 | Spain | P. catalaunica (78514 204958) | |
| MN 11 | Spain (Alicante) | Testudo catalaunica (68914) |