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Geochelone kalganensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo kalganensis was named by Gilmore (1931). Its type specimen is AMNH 6701, a partial skeleton (partial carapace and plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kalgan area, which is in a Tertiary terrestrial horizon in China.

It was recombined as Gopherus kalganensis by Williams (1950); it was recombined as Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) kalganensis by Auffenberg (1962), Auffenberg (1963); it was recombined as Geochelone kalganensis by Crumly (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. crassicutata, G. eocaenica, G. leberonensis, G. perpiniana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Testudo kalganensis Gilmore pp. 247-248 figs. 25-27; Pl. 9
1950Gopherus kalganensis Williams p. 22
1962Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) kalganensis Auffenberg p. 630
1963Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) kalganensis Auffenberg p. 89
1963Testudo kalganensis Yeh
1983Geochelone kalganensis Crumly

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
genusGeocheloneFitzinger 1835
specieskalganensis()

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.

†Geochelone kalganensis Gilmore 1931
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Gilmore 1931Medium size; shell strongly arched, thick, surfaces roughened by swollen areas and heavy ridgings; sulci running in deep valleys; anterior margin of carapace shallowly concave; front lobe of plastron massvely and strongly produced; surfaces of epiplastra produced below level of adjacent bones; pecto-humeral sulcus crowsing rear of entoplastron; entoplastron seven-ided; gular scutes overlapping entoplastron.
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: Tertiary or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58China (Hubei) Testudo kalganensis (type locality: 192670)