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Gopherus depressus
Taxonomy
Gopherus depressus was named by Brattstrom (1961). Its type specimen is LACM-CIT 498/5133, a shell (entire shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cache Peak (LACM(CIT) 498), which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Bopesta Formation of California.
It was synonymized subjectively with Scaptochelys mohavense by Bramble (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Gopherus mohavetus by Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros (2004).
It was synonymized subjectively with Scaptochelys mohavense by Bramble (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Gopherus mohavetus by Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros (2004).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1961 | Gopherus depressus Brattstrom p. 548 |
1965 | Gopherus dehiscus Des Lauriers |
1982 | Geochelone dehiscus Bramble p. 854 |
2018 | Gopherus depressus 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 depressus Brattstrom 1961
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Invalid names: Gopherus dehiscus Des Lauriers 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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E. Vlachos 2018 | Gopherus depressus can be diagnosed as a member of Gopherus based on the full list of characters provided above. Gopherus depressus differs from Gopherus hexagonatus in its smaller size and fully differentiated neural series, from Gopherus mohavensis in the narrower cervical, neural VI with short anterolateral sides, shorter pectorals medially, contact between the inguinals and femorals, and Gopherus edae in the narrower vertebrals and the contact between the inguinal and femoral scute. |