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Hesperotestudo orthopygia

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Xerobates orthopygius was named by Cope (1878).

It was recombined as Testudo orthopygia by Cope (1878), Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Testudo (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia by Williams (1953); it was recombined as Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia by Auffenberg (1962) and Auffenberg (1963); it was recombined as Geochelone orthopygia by Estes and Tihen (1964), Holman (1973) and Holman and Sullivan (1981); it was recombined as Hesperotestudo orthopygia by Vlachos (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Testudo orthopygia Cope
1878Xerobates orthopygius Cope p. 393
1878Xerobates cyclopygius Cope p. 394
1902Testudo cyclopygia Hay p. 451
1902Testudo orthopygia Hay p. 451
1930Testudo orthopygia Hay p. 104
1952Testudo rexroadensis Oelrich
1953Testudo (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia Williams p. 548
1962Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia Auffenberg p. 632
1963Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia Auffenberg p. 89
1963Geochelone (Caudochelys) rexroadensis Auffenberg p. 93
1964Geochelone orthopygia Estes and Tihen p. 464
1973Geochelone orthopygia Holman p. 151
1973Geochelone nordensis Holman p. 154
1981Geochelone orthopygia Holman and Sullivan p. 140
2018Hesperotestudo orthopygia Vlachos

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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
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyXerobatinaeAgassiz 1857
genusHesperotestudo(Williams 1950)
speciesorthopygia()

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.

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Invalid names: Geochelone nordensis Holman 1973 [synonym], Testudo rexroadensis Oelrich 1952 [synonym], Xerobates cyclopygius Cope 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Vlachos 2018Hesperotestudo orthopygia can be diagnosed as a member of Hesperotestudo based on the characters listed above. Hesperotestudo orthopygia differs from Hesperotestudo osborniana by its taller and shorter skull, frontals medially shorter than prefrontals, longer crista supraoccipitalis, larger dentary angle, usually seven neurals, longer pectorals medially, and deeper anal notch and from Hesperotestudo gilbertii by the frontals medially shorter than prefrontals, the contact between the parietal and the squamosal, the clear contact between the jugal and quadratojugal, and the short vomer that only contacts the anterior part of pterygoids.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Geochelone nordensis (18223 18284)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Hesperotestudo orthopygia (188779) Testudinidae indet. (18324)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (California) Hesperotestudo orthopygia (183467 183468 183469 183470 183471)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Hesperotestudo orthopygia (67489)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Testudo rexroadensis (19936 19940)