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Mauremys caspica (Caspian turtle)
Taxonomy
Testudo caspica was named by Gmelin (1774). It is extant.
It was recombined as Clemmys caspica by Wagler (1830); it was recombined as Emys caspica by Duméril and Bibron (1835); it was recombined as Mauremys caspica by Bickham (1975) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Clemmys caspica by Wagler (1830); it was recombined as Emys caspica by Duméril and Bibron (1835); it was recombined as Mauremys caspica by Bickham (1975) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1774 | Testudo caspica Gmelin |
| 1830 | Clemmys caspica Wagler |
| 1835 | Emys caspica Duméril and Bibron |
| 1975 | Mauremys caspica Bickham p. 200 |
| 2014 | Mauremys caspica van Dijk et al. |
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Mauremys caspica Gmelin 1774 [Caspian turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.97000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MN 5 | Turkey (Bursa) | Mauremys caspica (68547) | |
| Middle Miocene | Turkey (Kütahya) | Mauremys caspica (68560) | |
| Middle Miocene | Turkey (Corum) | Mauremys caspica (184405) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Cankiri) | Mauremys caspica (184384) | |
| MN 13 | Turkey (Aydin) | Mauremys caspica (68565) |