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Graptemys (map turtle)
Taxonomy
Graptemys was named by Agassiz (1857). It is extant. Its type is Testudo geographica.
It was assigned to Testudinidae by Wilson (1967); to Emydinae by Bickham (1975) and Ernst and Barbour (1989); to Emydidae by Hay (1930), Bjork (1967), Holman et al. (1990), Hutchison (1992), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Vlachos (2018); and to Deirochelyinae by Parham et al. (2008), Ehret and Bourque (2011), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Weems (2023).
It was assigned to Testudinidae by Wilson (1967); to Emydinae by Bickham (1975) and Ernst and Barbour (1989); to Emydidae by Hay (1930), Bjork (1967), Holman et al. (1990), Hutchison (1992), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Vlachos (2018); and to Deirochelyinae by Parham et al. (2008), Ehret and Bourque (2011), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Weems (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1857 | Graptemys Agassiz |
| 1930 | Graptemys Hay p. 98 |
| 1967 | Graptemys Bjork p. 229 |
| 1967 | Graptemys Wilson p. 205 |
| 1975 | Graptemys Bickham p. 203 |
| 1989 | Graptemys Ernst and Barbour |
| 1990 | Graptemys Holman et al. p. 524 |
| 1992 | Graptemys Hutchison |
| 1996 | Graptemys Frank and Ramus |
| 2008 | Graptemys Parham et al. |
| 2011 | Graptemys Ehret and Bourque p. 578 |
| 2014 | Graptemys van Dijk et al. |
| 2018 | Graptemys Vlachos |
| 2023 | Graptemys Weems |
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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.
G. Graptemys Agassiz 1857 [map turtle]
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Graptemys barbouri Carr and Marchand 1942 [Barbour's map turtle]
Graptemys caglei Haynes and McKown 1974 [Cagles map turtle]
Graptemys ernsti Lovich and McCoy 1992 [Escambia map turtle]
Graptemys flavimaculata Cagle 1954 [Yellow-blotched map turtle]
Graptemys geographica Le Sueur 1817 [common map turtle]
Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich and McCoy 1992 [Pascagoula map turtle]
†Graptemys kerneri Ehret and Bourque 2011
Graptemys kohni Baur 1890 [Mississippi map turtle]
Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle 1954 [Black-knobbed map turtle]
Graptemys oculifera Baur 1890 [Ringed map turtle]
Graptemys ouachitensis Cagle 1953 [Ouachita map turtle]
Graptemys pearlensis Ennen et al. 2010 [Pearl River map turtle]
Graptemys pseudogeographica Gray 1831
Graptemys pulchra Baur 1893 [Alabama map turtle]
Graptemys sabinensis Cagle 1953 [Sabine map turtle]
Graptemys versa Stejneger 1925 [Texas map turtle]
†Graptemys yamashitai Urata 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| carapace height | 11 | 43.0 | 33.3 | 67.2 | 40.6 | 9.69 |
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Orellan to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.3 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Graptemys sp. (17094) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Graptemys sp. (18284) | |
| Zanclean | USA (Virginia) | Graptemys sp. (58986) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nebraska) | Graptemys sp. (19954) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Graptemys barbouri (19758) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Graptemys geographica (20390) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Graptemys barbouri (20520) | |
| Middle Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Mississippi) | Graptemys sp. (164395) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Graptemys kerneri (195098) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Graptemys kerneri (195099) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Graptemys pseudogeographica (200624) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Graptemys geographica (93103) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Graptemys geographica (84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Graptemys kerneri (150575) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Graptemys geographica (224189) | |
| Holocene | USA (Michigan) | Graptemys pseudogeographica (63700) |