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Floridemys

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Floridemys was named by Williams (1950). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Testudinidae by Auffenberg (1963), Carroll (1988), Vlachos (2018), Weems (2023).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by E. Vlachos on 2018-02-20

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Bystra Hay
1930Bystra Hay p. 100
1950Floridemys Williams
1963Floridemys Auffenberg p. 83
1988Floridemys Carroll
2018Floridemys Vlachos
2023Floridemys Weems

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
genusFloridemys

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. †Floridemys Williams 1950
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Floridemys hurdi Weems and George 2013
Floridemys nana Hay 1916
Floridemys nancei Weems 2023
Invalid names: Bystra Hay 1916 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Tortonian or 31.80000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Florida) F. sp. (17341)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82USA (Maryland) F. hurdi (18518)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) F. nancei (219172)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Florida) Bystra nana (99792)