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Protestudo bessarabica
Taxonomy
Testudo bessarabica was named by Riabinin (1918). Its type specimen is PIN 1451 (lectotype), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Agrionemys bessarabica by Lujan et al. (2016); it was recombined as Protestudo bessarabica by Syromyatnikova et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Agrionemys bessarabica by Lujan et al. (2016); it was recombined as Protestudo bessarabica by Syromyatnikova et al. (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1918 | Testudo bessarabica Riabinin |
2016 | Agrionemys bessarabica Lujan et al. |
2019 | Protestudo bessarabica Syromyatnikova et al. |
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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.
†Protestudo bessarabica Riabinin 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989 |
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tortonian | Moldova | Testudo bessarabica (75801 75802) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Türkiye (Konya) | Protestudo bessarabica (184395) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Moldova (Tighina Departement) | Testudo bessarabica (36143) | |
MN 12 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Protestudo bessarabica (167995) |