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Emys (pond turtle)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Emydidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Emys Dumeril
1842Emys Owen p. 160
1860Emys Leidy p. 153
1860Emys namadicus Theobald p. 295
1865Emys Leidy p. 106
1873Emys Leidy p. 340
1875Emys Cope p. 53
1881Emys Seeley p. 620
1882Emys Quenstedt p. 149
1884Emys Cope
1889Emys Lydekker p. 102
1902Emys Hay p. 447
1975Emys Bickham p. 203
1988Emys Carroll
1995Emys Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 238
1996Emys Frank and Ramus
2002Emys Holman p. 440
2014Emys van Dijk et al.
2016Emys Vlachos and Delfino
2018Emys Vlachos
2021Emys Vlachos

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusEmysDumeril 1806

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. Emys Dumeril 1806 [pond turtle]
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†Emys cuvieri Gray 1831
Emys dhongoka Gray 1834 [Three-striped roofed turtle]
†Emys hordwellensis Seeley 1876
Emys kachuga Gray 1831 [Red-crowned roofed turtle]
†Emys lucii Gray 1831
Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 [western pond turtle]
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Invalid names: Clemmys owyheensis Brattstrom and Sturn 1959 [synonym]
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 [European pond turtle]
Emys sigriz Michahelles 1829
Emys sinensis Gray 1835
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Invalid names: Testudo anyangensis Ping 1930 [synonym]
Emys trinacris Fritz et al. 2005 [Sicilian pond turtle]
Emys vulgaris Gray 1831
†Emys wermuthi Mlynarski 1956
†Emys wyomingensis Leidy 1870
Invalid names: Emys namadicus Theobald 1860 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Vlachos 2021Fossil emydids known from shell remains can be readily distinguished based on the presence of a wide costovertebral tunnel and wide rib heads, the absence of musk ducts and their foramina, and the expansion of the vertebral V onto the pygal bone.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:20:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:20:16
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Puercan to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 60.9 Ma

Collections (126 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan - Torrejonian66.0 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Emys sp. (131857)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Emys sp. (180111)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Jiangxi) Emys sp. (182565)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Chrysemys wyomingensis (16284) Emys wyomingensis (16211 128447 130809)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Emys wyomingensis (81455)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Chelonia indet. (39014)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Emys sp. (39662 40030)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Emys sp., Emys hordwellensis (28747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Emys sp. (39643 39665 39667)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Myanmar Emys sp. (215569)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Switzerland Emys sp. (69539)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Portugal Emys sp. (65912)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Türkiye Emys sp. (56563)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Clemmys owyheensis (19036)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (19396 19397 19402 19407 19408)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Idaho) Clemmys owyheensis (218109 218111)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Emys sp. (174455)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova Emys sp. (198590)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ukraine (Odessa) Emys sp. (76502)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Slovakia Emys orbicularis (193251)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Emys orbicularis (51684)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55China (Shanxi) Ocadia sinensis (42273)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Florina) Emys orbicularis (214354)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Idaho) Clemmys owyheensis (19808)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Slovakia (Trenčín) Emys orbicularis (34255)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland Emys orbicularis, Emys wermuthi (33396)
MN 15 - MN 164.16 - 2.245Poland (Siedlce) Emys wermuthi (34840)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Emys sp. (199747)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (166974)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Slovakia Emys orbicularis (41026)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Fejer) Emys sp., Clemmys sp. (35374)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) Emys orbicularis (35457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Mygdonia) Emys orbicularis (200084)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Netherlands Emys sp. (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Foggia) Emys orbicularis (242160)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Slovakia Emys orbicularis (193253)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Thüringen) Emys orbicularis (43020 45063 45086)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Croatia (Istria) Emys orbicularis (40500)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France Emys orbicularis (195262)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Emys orbicularis (182721)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom Emys falconeri (34978)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Malta Emys orbicularis (190860)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Emys orbicularis (125089)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Slovakia Emys orbicularis (193252 193254 193255)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Emys obicularis (190859)
MN 172.245 - 1.8France (Haute-Loire) Emys orbicularis (47133)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) Emys orbicularis (205231)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Lombardia) Emys europaea (190852)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (20327)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Emys orbicularis (69062)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Somerset) Emys orbicularis (195199)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Midi-Pyrenees) Emys orbicularis (195222)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Peloponnesos) Emys orbicularis (200080 200081 200082)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands Emys orbicularis (109704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Madrid) Emys orbicularis (195267)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Capri Island) Emys sp. (43016)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czechia Emys orbicularis (195228)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Emys orbicularis (77754 195198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Malaga) Emys orbicularis (195564)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Emys orbicularis (34981 195119)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Emys orbicularis (187637 194472 194474 194476 194477 199937 199938 199939 199940)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Actinemys marmorata (240844) Clemmys marmorata (84880 84885 85314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Norfolk) Emys orbicularis (195206)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Emys orbicularis (93804 93805 93816)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (20628 20642 20644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Emys orbicularis (122309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Actinemys marmorata (236636) Clemmys marmorata (20273 79630 155409 190889)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Emys orbicularis (86273 195238)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Emys orbicularis (190854 226836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Suffolk) Emys orbicularis (195204 195210)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Sussex) Emys orbicularis (195208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Monaco Emys orbicularis (195265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Brandenburg) Emys orbicularis (198613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Taiwan (N/A) Ocadia sinensis (208971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Croatia Emys orbicularis (94487)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Leiria) Emys orbicularis (230380)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (East Suffolk) Emys orhicularis (195202)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Argolida) Emys sp., Mauremys sp. (182709)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Veneto) Emys orbicularis (193569)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bulgaria (Tolbuchin) Emys orbicularis (227255)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Attica) Emys orbicularis (183130)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bulgaria Emys clemys (232847)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Germany Emys orbicularis (216169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Henan) Testudo anyangensis (195288)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Madrid) Emys orbicularis (205224)