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Solitudo gymnesica
Taxonomy
Testudo gymnesicus was named by Bate (1914).
It was recombined as Geochelone gymnesica by Auffenberg (1974); it was recombined as Titanochelon gymnesica by Lujan et al. (2017) and Pérez-García (2017); it was corrected as Testudo gymnesica by Cardona and Agusti (2019); it was recombined as Solitudo gymnesica by Valenti et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Geochelone gymnesica by Auffenberg (1974); it was recombined as Titanochelon gymnesica by Lujan et al. (2017) and Pérez-García (2017); it was corrected as Testudo gymnesica by Cardona and Agusti (2019); it was recombined as Solitudo gymnesica by Valenti et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1914 | Testudo gymnesicus Bate |
| 1974 | Geochelone gymnesica Auffenberg |
| 2017 | Titanochelon gymnesica Lujan et al. |
| 2017 | Titanochelon gymnesica Pérez-García |
| 2019 | Testudo gymnesica Cardona and Agusti |
| 2022 | Solitudo gymnesica Valenti et al. |
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†Solitudo gymnesica Bate 1914
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Valenti et al. 2022 | Members of Solitudo belong to Testudinidae because of the ventral fusion of the trochanters of the femur. However, Solitudo species show an incomplete fusion of the trochanters dorsally, in contrast to other testudinid genera in which the trochanters are connected proximally via a rounded ridge. Furthermore, members of Solitudo have femurs that are slender, with a femoral head that is narrower than the combined anteroposterior width of the trochanters and an oblique orientation compared to the anteroposterior plane between 25°–45°, in contrast to other genera with relatively massive femora and broad and less oblique femoral heads, forming an angle that is less than 25° with the anteroposterior plane. |
Measurements
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| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Menorca) | Testudo gymnesica (200360) | |
| Pleistocene | Spain (Islas Baleares) | Testudo gymnesicus (36974) |