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Actinemys

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Actinemys was named by Agassiz (1857). It is extant.

It was assigned to Emydinae by Holman and Fritz (2001) and van Dijk et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Actinemys Agassiz
2001Actinemys Holman and Fritz p. 323
2014Actinemys van Dijk et al.

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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
subfamilyEmydinaeRafinesque 1815
genusActinemys

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. Actinemys Agassiz 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available