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Gopherus edae
Taxonomy
Testudo edae was named by Hay (1906). Its type specimen is CM 1535 (holotype), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Running Water Creek (few miles west of Agate), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.
It was considered a nomen vanum by Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros (2004); it was recombined as Gopherus edae by Bramble (1982) and Vlachos (2018).
It was considered a nomen vanum by Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros (2004); it was recombined as Gopherus edae by Bramble (1982) and Vlachos (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1906 | Testudo edae Hay |
1906 | Testudo hollandi Hay |
1907 | Testudo edae Hay |
1908 | Testudo vaga Hay |
1908 | Testudo pansa Hay p. 420 |
1930 | Testudo edae Hay p. 103 |
1930 | Testudo hollandi Hay p. 103 |
1930 | Testudo pansa Hay p. 104 |
1930 | Testudo vaga Hay p. 105 |
1950 | Gopherus pansa Williams p. 26 |
1982 | Gopherus edae Bramble p. 854 |
1982 | Gopherus pansa Bramble p. 854 |
1982 | Gopherus vaga Bramble p. 854 |
2004 | Gopherus pansus Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros p. 824 |
2004 | Gopherus vagus Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros p. 824 |
2018 | Gopherus edae Vlachos |
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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.
†Gopherus edae Hay 1906
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Invalid names: Testudo hollandi Hay 1906 [synonym], Testudo pansa Hay 1908 [synonym], Testudo vaga Hay 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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E. Vlachos 2018 | Gopherus edae can be diagnosed as a member of Gopherus based on the characters mentioned above. Gopherus edae differs from Gopherus brevisternus in the presence of an octagonal neural IV and wider vertebrals, from Gopherus mohavensis in the narrower cervical, neural VI with short anterolateral sides, shorter pectorals medially, and contact between the inguinals and femorals, and from Gopherus hexagonatus in the fully differentiated neural series. |