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Staurotypus triporcatus (Mexican giant musk turtle)
Taxonomy
Terrapene triporcata was named by Wiegmann (1828). It is extant.
It was recombined as Staurotypus triporcatus by Wagler (1830), Hutchison (1991) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Staurotypus triporcatus by Wagler (1830), Hutchison (1991) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Terrapene triporcata Wiegmann |
| 1830 | Staurotypus triporcatus Wagler |
| 1991 | Staurotypus triporcatus Hutchison p. 147 |
| 2014 | Staurotypus triporcatus van Dijk et al. |
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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.
Staurotypus triporcatus Wiegmann 1828 [Mexican giant musk turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available