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Testudo carolina major (Gulf Coast box turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Testudo carolina major was named by Agassiz (1857). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Testudo carolina major Agassiz
1956Testudo carolina major Milstead p. 165
1967Testudo carolina major Auffenberg p. 319

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTestudoMerrem 1820
speciescarolina()
subspeciesmajorAgassiz 1857

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 carolina major Agassiz 1857 [Gulf Coast box turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available