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Pseudemys (cooter)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Pseudemys was named by Gray (1856) [see Webb (1995) for date of publication in 1856 and not 1855]. It is extant. Its type is Testudo concinna.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chrysemys by Boulenger (1889).

It was assigned to Emydinae by Estes (1964), Bickham (1975), Holman (1985) and Seidel and Smith (1986); to Deirochelyinae by Parham et al. (2008) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Emydidae by Cope (1875), Hay (1930), Holman et al. (1990), Frank and Ramus (1996), Vlachos (2018) and Weems (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pseudemys Gray p. 33
1857Ptychemys Agassiz p. 431
1857Nectemys Agassiz p. 642
1875Pseudemys Cope p. 52
1930Pseudemys Hay p. 97
1964Pseudemys Estes p. 99
1975Pseudemys Bickham p. 203
1985Pseudemys Holman
1986Pseudemys Seidel and Smith p. 246
1990Pseudemys Holman et al. p. 524
1996Pseudemys Frank and Ramus
2008Pseudemys Parham et al.
2014Pseudemys van Dijk et al.
2018Pseudemys Vlachos
2023Pseudemys Weems

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPseudemysGray 1856

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. Pseudemys Gray 1856 [cooter]
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Pseudemys alabamensis Baur 1893 [Alabama red-bellied turtle]
Pseudemys caelata Hay 1908
Pseudemys carri Rose and Weaver 1966
Pseudemys concinna Le Conte 1830 [eastern river cooter]
Pseudemys floridana Le Conte 1830 [peninsula cooter]
Pseudemys idahoensis Gilmore 1933
Pseudemys nelsoni Carr, Jr. 1938 [Florida red-bellied turtle]
Pseudemys rubriventris Le Conte 1830 [American red-bellied turtle]
Pseudemys texana Baur 1893
Pseudemys williamsi Rose and Weaver 1966
Invalid names: Nectemys Agassiz 1857 [synonym], Ptychemys Agassiz 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available