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Testudo lamanonii

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Discussion

Originally mentioned by Lamanon (1780) and Cuvier's "Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles" as Tortue des environs d'Aix

Taxonomy
Testudo lamanonii was named by Gray (1831). Its type specimen is MNHN number unknown, a shell (steikern), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene terrestrial horizon in France.

It was corrected as Testudo lamanoni by Auffenberg (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. chailloti, T. lambrechti, T. roquesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Testudo lamanonii Gray p. 14 figs. pl. III in Lamanon (1780)
1859Testudo lamanoni Gervais
1974Testudo lamanoni Auffenberg p. 203

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

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.

†Testudo lamanonii Gray 1831
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. E. Gray 1831Fossil, Gypsum Rock Aix, considered as fossil human heads; breadth six, height seven inches, reference to Cuvier's description.
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: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Testudo lamanoni (31747)
Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98France (Bouches du Rhone) Testudo lamanonii (type locality: 181100)