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Stigmochelys
Taxonomy
Stigmochelys was named by Gray (1873). It is extant.
It was assigned to Testudinidae by de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
It was assigned to Testudinidae by de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1873 | Stigmochelys Gray |
| 2014 | Stigmochelys de la Fuente et al. |
| 2014 | Stigmochelys van Dijk et al. |
| 2018 | Stigmochelys 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. Stigmochelys Gray 1873
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†Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987
†Stigmochelys crassa Andrews 1914
Stigmochelys pardalis Bell 1828 [Leopard tortoise]
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
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Gelasian or 23.04000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | Testudo crassa (146600) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya | Geochelone crassa (232486) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya (Turkana District) | Geochelone sp. (21336) | |
| Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Geochelone brachygularis (32050) | |
| Piacenzian | Tanzania | Geochelone brachygularis (21795 21798 21799 21800 21810 21812 21813 21831) | |
| Gelasian | Tanzania | Geochelone brachygularis (21816) |