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Graptemys geographica (common map turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Testudo geographica was named by Le Sueur (1817) [not the original combination]. It is extant. It is the type species of Graptemys.

It was recombined as Graptemys geographica by Hay (1930), Wood (1946), Clarke (1953), Holman et al. (1990) and van Dijk et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Testudo geographica Le Sueur
1930Graptemys geographica Hay p. 98
1946Graptemys geographica Wood p. 168
1953Graptemys geographica Clarke p. 438
1990Graptemys geographica Holman et al. p. 524
2014Graptemys geographica 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
subfamilyDeirochelyinaeAgassiz 1857
genusGraptemys
speciesgeographica(Le Sueur 1817)

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.

Graptemys geographica Le Sueur 1817 [common map turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available