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Testudo marginata (Marginated tortoise)
Taxonomy
Testudo marginata was named by Schoepff (1792). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1792 | Testudo marginata Schoepff |
| 1975 | Testudo marginata cretensis Bachmayer et al. |
| 2014 | Testudo marginata van Dijk et al. |
| 2016 | Testudo marginata Lujan et al. |
| 2021 | Testudo marginata Vlachos |
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Testudo marginata Schoepff 1792 [Marginated tortoise]
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†Testudo marginata cretensis Bachmayer et al. 1975
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Vlachos 2021 | This is a species that is easily distinguished from other hinged Testudo, based on its larger size, the elongated posterior part of the carapace, and the posteriorly flared and elongated posterior peripheral plates. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Greece | Testudo marginata (192444) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Testudo marginata (52486) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Testudo marginata (182811 183122 192441 192442) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Kavala) | Testudo sp. (182679) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Greece | Testudo marginata (194472 194477) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Dodecanese) | Testudo marginata (182809) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Testudo marginata (92902 182810 183124) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Testudo marginata (184245) |