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Hesperotestudo turgida
Taxonomy
Testudo turgida was named by Cope (1892). Its type specimen is ANSP 14689, a partial shell (complete plastron and fragmentary carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Dockum, which is in a Miocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Texas.
It was recombined as Gopherus turgida by Williams (1950); it was recombined as Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) turgida by Auffenberg (1962) and Auffenberg (1963); it was recombined as Hesperotestudo turgida by Vlachos (2018).
It was recombined as Gopherus turgida by Williams (1950); it was recombined as Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) turgida by Auffenberg (1962) and Auffenberg (1963); it was recombined as Hesperotestudo turgida by Vlachos (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1892 | Testudo turgida Cope p. 127 |
1893 | Testudo turgida Cope |
1902 | Testudo turgida Hay p. 452 |
1916 | Testudo incisa Hay p. 46 |
1930 | Testudo incisa Hay p. 103 |
1930 | Testudo turgida Hay p. 105 |
1944 | Testudo riggsi Hibbard p. 72 |
1950 | Gopherus incisa Williams p. 30 |
1950 | Gopherus riggsi Williams p. 30 |
1950 | Gopherus turgida Williams p. 30 |
1956 | Testudo wilsoni Milstead p. 168 |
1957 | Testudo turgida Oelrich p. 228 |
1957 | Geochelone incisa Ray |
1962 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) johnstoni Auffenberg p. 627 |
1962 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) turgida Auffenberg p. 628 |
1962 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) incisa Auffenberg p. 630 |
1962 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) riggsi Auffenberg p. 630 |
1962 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni Auffenberg p. 630 |
1963 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) incisa Auffenberg p. 82 |
1963 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) turgida Auffenberg p. 89 |
1963 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) johnstoni Auffenberg p. 91 |
1963 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) riggsi Auffenberg p. 91 |
1963 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni Auffenberg p. 91 |
1966 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) alleni Auffenberg p. 877 |
1972 | Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) oelrichi Holman |
1988 | Geochelone mlynarskii Auffenberg |
2018 | Hesperotestudo turgida Vlachos |
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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.
†Hesperotestudo turgida Cope 1892
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Invalid names: Geochelone alleni Auffenberg 1966 [synonym], Geochelone johnstoni Auffenberg 1962 [synonym], Geochelone mlynarskii Auffenberg 1988 [synonym], Geochelone oelrichi Holman 1972 [synonym], Testudo incisa Hay 1916 [synonym], Testudo riggsi Hibbard 1944 [synonym], Testudo wilsoni Milstead 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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E. Vlachos 2018 | Hesperotestudo turgida can be diagnosed as a member of Hesperotestudo based on the characters listed above. Hesperotestudo turgida differs from other Hesperotestudo in its smaller size, vaulted and thickened shell, epiplastra that expand beyond the anterior part of the carapace, significant gular protrusion, ventral keels on the epiplastra, and presence of a disproportionately large caudal buckler. |
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 10.30000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (18 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene - Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Testudo turgida (type locality: 99818) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Geochelone alleni (18545 18560) Geochelone turgida (18556) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Oklahoma) | Testudo riggsi (18076) | |
Blancan | USA (Texas) | Geochelone johnstoni (20033) | |
Blancan | USA (Nebraska) | Geochelone oelrichi (19954 19963) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Kansas) | Testudo riggsi (99819) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Texas) | Testudo turgida (191451) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Nebraska) | Geochelone oelrichi (191910) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Testudo incisa (195410) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Geochelone mlynarskii (20289) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Geochelone incisa (20491) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Hesperotestudo incisa (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Hesperotestudo incisa (20604 20613) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Geochelone incisa (154805) |